If we start seeing an epidemic of young people getting loaded on beer, blame it on the president:
If we start seeing an epidemic of young people getting loaded on beer, blame it on the president:
A silly woman named Sarah Harpold in Rockville, Ind., tried to use the "I didn't know it was the law" excuse when she recklessly and callously tried to defy the community's standards and all decency by buying too much cold medicine:
There are always new food monstrosities to try out at state fairs, and I'm game for a lot of them. But one on this list is just so wrong:
Remember how they always used to say on Sienfeld, "Not that there's anything wrong with that"? Here's a story that inspires the reverse of that: "We certainly can't condone this or any other crime, but, boy, did that guy get what he deserved or what?"
The administration isn't exactly speaking with one voice, is it?
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs worked for his paycheck yesterday. It wasn't easy. And he can thank Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and chief economic advisor Lawrence Summers for all the help.
The Food Network, which I like to drop in on from time to time, yesterday concluded its fifth annual "The Next Food network Star" co
Is Evan Bayh so unbeatable that Republicans shouldn't even bother to challenge him? The Journal Gazette's Tracy Warner almost says that, in a column from last week headlined "Republican candidates launch quixotic races."
Some combination of all those factors is likely behind the candidacy of two Republicans who plan to seek their party's nomination for the honor of losing to Sen. Evan Bayh in 2010.
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"Bad news for some is good news for others" department:
A downtown South Bend business has 18 months left on its lease, but the owner believes the current rent structure is too high for market conditions. While this company is willing to extend its lease in exchange for reduced rent, a deal needs to be made soon. Otherwise, the business plans to shop around for a new downtown location.
I hope this is the creepiest thing I read this week:
A company is offering a unique keepsake of the dearly departed - an urn shaped like their head.
The urns come in a full-sized version, able to "hold all of the ashes of any adult" or in 'Keepsake-sized', which hold a portion of the ashes and offer a smaller version of the deceased's head for display.
Indiana Education Superintendent Tony Bennett is counting on improving Hoosier schools by getting a good chunck of President Obama's Race to the Top funding. And he thinks the state is in good shape to be competitive for the money, considering its renwed commitment to charter schools and some of the changes Bennett is promoting. But will Race to the Top be effective?
Gosh, here's a shock:
LONDON (Reuters) - Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007.
"I just shot a birdie, and I think I can get an eagle on this one."
"Is that all? I'm going for the goose."
A northern Indiana city is allowing goose hunting on a golf course where a large flock has been causing damage.
Round Barn Golf Club in Rochester asked the City Council to approve hunting on the course, where golf pro Lyle Lingenfelter says up to 1,000 Canada geese spend the winter.
Bet the hunters will get a lot more holes in one than the golfers.
The city has settled out of court for $335,000 the suit filed by the family of Jose Baudilio Lemus-Rodriguez, the illegal immigrant killed by rookie officer James Arnold after a brief car chase.
Car deals and the United States government? Nothing in that combination to instill a lack of trust, huh?
This much seems certain about the Cash for Clunkers program: Consumers are happy to take government rebates to buy new cars.
The fate of the $1 billion trade-in program was up in the air over concerns that it may have already burned through its funds less than a week after it was officially launched.
I don't think it's such a hot idea for the institution that needs watchdogging to be called upon by the institution that's supposed to be the watchdog to save the watchdog's butt:
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press Tuesday night in an impassioned speech at the Aspen Institute.
“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said.
As much as we (me included) carp about state officials, it has to be acknowledged how much better off our state is than most. California is getting the most negative press, but at least 39 states have imposed cuts that hurt vulnerable residents, and several sstates have imposed tax increases. And the crisis wasn't exactly unforseeable:
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll gives us material for the "what goes around comes around" file:
In the new poll, the results have completely turned around, and Republicans hold a six-point advantage. On the related issue of controlling government spending, in July 2007, Democrats held a 16-point advantage. In the new poll, Republicans hold a nine-point lead.
We're so civilized now that crashing a wedding reception and shooting up the place, including putting a bullet in a 2-year-old's head, isn't considered attempted murder. It's just "aggravated battery."
It seems like every time I beat up on Dick Lugar, he goes and does o something I agree with:
Trying to provide health coverage to all Americans will hurt the economy at a time when it's already ailing, Sen. Richard Lugar said today.
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But Lugar said in a statement today that he disagrees that failing to pass health reform will increase the deficit.
Like President Obama, the rest of us weren't present when the policeman and the professor had their now-infamous confrontation. But we really don't have to know the exact facts in order to make one declaration: Even if we stipulate that everything the cop said is true -- that Prof. Gates went on an unjustified, vile, race-inspired, hate-filled rant -- the cop should have backed down. He had the badge and the gun and therefore all the power. His was the greater obligation to calm things down by just walking away.
