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Why Smartnews, why now?2 comments

Jim wrote 9 months ago: AP’s feelin’ the hate. And then we were talking about the high cost of the Associated Pr … more →

Tags: The News Biz, smartnews, Freelance, Publishing

Here's my white paper for Barack

Jim wrote 1 year ago: I wrote this in response to a friend’s rant about weak-kneed Democrats threatening to bring pr … more →

Tags: Politics, smartness

So you can't afford to buy your own home

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Turns out, it’s not that great of an investment, after all. Suppose you had put $100,000 into … more →

Tags: Politics, Biz

Bluffton Today's gonna make you pay

Jim wrote 1 year ago: I’m very sorry to see my previous employer, Bluffton Today, will soon go from a freebie to a p … more →

Tags: The News Biz, free newspapers, Bluffton, bluffton today, subscription model

What's wrong with this bailout picture?

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Sen. John McCain, the conservative. free-market-worshipping Republican, is proposing a government su … more →

Tags: Politics, Bailout, mortgage, McCain, obama, flipper-flopper

Fake fireworks in China?

Jim wrote 1 year ago: So now it’s being reported that some of the exceptional Olympic opening ceremonies, which real … more →

Tags: Sports, Politics, The News Biz, Culture

At least it wasn't the patient who fell off the 'copter

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Medical supplies are missing after they fell out of a Lifeflight helicopter, an official in Fayettev … more →

Tags: Fayetteville, nc

Higher car tax AND higher bus fare. Everybody wins!

Jim wrote 1 year ago: FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — City Council members voted Monday night to raise bus fares and vehicle taxes to … more →

Tags: Politics, Fayetteville, nc

Hey, anyone want a tax hike?1 comment

Jim wrote 1 year ago: This should go over well with gas at $4 a gallon.  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.—The Fayetteville City Council … more →

Tags: Politics, Fayetteville, nc

Spitzer's alleged hooker: the North Carolina connection

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Finally found out where Ashley Alexandra Dupré lived when she was in North Carolina: Manteo, which i … more →

Tags: Politics, nc, Spitzer, client #9, ashley alexandra dupre

Spitzer's gift to the world: Comedic opportunity

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Salon.com’s Farhand Majoo says the NYT picked up a lot of bio on Ex. Gov. Spitzer’s pros … more →

Tags: Politics, The News Biz, nc, Cops and crime, Spitzer, client #9, ashley alexandra dupre

Hey, Miss Grundy: Lay off the skateboard tree2 comments

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Screw the legal arguments. The skateboard tree (see below if you’re not familiar) deserves an … more →

Tags: Politics, Biz, Fayetteville, nc

Gitmo's top interrogator says the CIA is giving his profession a black eye

Jim wrote 1 year ago: You just can’t make this stuff up. Wearing a blue-striped business shirt without a tie and loo … more →

Tags: Politics

Pat Robertson: Do people actually take this moron seriously?1 comment

Jim wrote 1 year ago: First, I saw a blurb on the televangelist’s annual predictions on CNN, for chrissakes. Then, s … more →

Tags: Culture, God

Bhutto's murder: You had to see it coming

Jim wrote 1 year ago: Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaida and its ilk, the secret police, maybe even the Pakistani army — Ben … more →

Tags: Politics

Nearly 95 percent of all e-mail is spam?

Jim wrote 2 years ago: Well, that’s what Barracuda Networks says. It’s not impossible that the report’s n … more →

Tags: smartness

UNC suspect: Hey, you can't sexually assault the willing

Jim wrote 2 years ago: You have to admit, this is pretty juicy, no matter what the actual truth of the matter is. File it u … more →

Tags: Cops and crime, nc

'Police are investigating whether alchohol was involved'

Jim wrote 2 years ago: I’ve had a drink or two too many before, but not quite to this level. Damn, what a way to go. … more →

Tags: Sports

Someone is so going to lose his job over this headline

Jim wrote 2 years ago: I clipped the screen view in case cooler (get it?) heads prevail at the Mainichi Times Web site. … more →

Tags: Culture


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