The Super Secret Project is back with another Ode to New Hampshire. This time the topic is near and dear to all of us…”Snow Plowing”. That’s the famous NH broadcaster Fitz Wetherbee introducing the video and playing right along. You might also recognize Gov John Lynch, filmmaker ken Burns, weatherman…
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After two consecutive nights of watching the Westminster Dog Show I kind of fancy myself an expert in dog breeding. Well, I guess there is only one way to put this… the judges at the Westminster Dog Show and I totally disagree. They awarded “Best in Show” to the Scottish…
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In an op-ed column in today’s NYTimes, Scott Turow, Paul Aiken, and James Shapiro wonder aloud what would have happened in Shakespearean times if the plays had been “open source” material as opposed to ticketed experiences at the Globe Theater. The implications for today’s Web world and beyond are immense,…
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Judging from the reaction of the crowd at this year’s CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) Donald Trump has a long, long road to the White House.
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Read E. J. Dionne’s latest column from the Wash. Post, which I picked up from realclearpoltics.com. He says US Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, the one not running for re-election, is a rare political bird, a Jacksonian Democrat who measures the health of the society from the bottom up not…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Congressman Stephen Lynch was against the President’s health reform proposal before he was for it, and now he thinks that Republican efforts to repeal the law are “a colossal waste of time.” Better, he says, to focus on…
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Of course, you remember this classic Super Bowl commercial starring Mean Joe Green in 1979. It is considered one of the best every made. But… Have you ever seen this one…?
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A million electric cars on the road by 2012? Utilities getting 80 percent of their fuel from clean sources by 2035? These and other clean energy goals are exciting to contemplate as part of the President’s agenda, especially…
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Earlier this week Channel 5’s Chronicle did an entire show on Dick Eklund, Micky Ward and the movie The Fighter. Watching it reminded me that I had never seen the famous slip/knock down of Sugar Ray Leonard by Dicky Eklund..so I check it out on YouTube and found this video.…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Last week’s referendum on South Sudan may provide a respite in the stories of one of the most savage and dehumanizing conflicts in Sub Saharan Africa, but we must not turn away from the uncomfortable news that…
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