In our last episode of Car Shopping we introduced our contestants:
the Ford Escape 4×4,
Ford Fusion AWD, and
Ford Taurus AWD;
the Jeep Patriot 4×4, and
Jeep Liberty 4×4;
the Honda CR-V AWD,
the Subaru Forester, and
the Toyota RAV4 AWD, with
the Chevy Equinox AWD rounding out the group.
So how did we come up with this cast of characters. Also from last time, here [...]
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In a world where filling your gas tank means taking out a second mortgage and hoping for a Congressional bailout…
Yes, we’ve finally decided to make a change. But it’s not the Suburban that’s going - not this time, anyway (evil laugh). It may be a gas hog, but [...]
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Rush on The Colbert Report. You don’t see these guys in interviews very often, especially all three of them, but the more I see them the more I really enjoy their sense of humor. Oh - and the music? “Do you ever get tired of being so awesome and kicking so much ass?” “No, I [...]
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Flags wave, fireworks fly, and magnetic stickers abound. But what does it mean to be patriotic? On the 232nd anniversary of the declaration creating the United States of America, it’s worth a few minutes to consider. An essay from the Makinac Center for Public Policy captures much of how I feel.
It isn’t that flags, fireworks, or [...]
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Of course it’s no longer news that George Carlin died yesterday. I saw him in concert once when I was in college. At the time I found his comedy really amusing, the play with words, the willingness to question things no one else would. Listening to interviews with him years later I came to have [...]
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I am not a linguist, a grammarian, or a teacher, nor do I play any of those on television. However, I am a good speller (city-wide champion in eighth-grade back in 1976 - - you do the math), and I try not to mistreat the English language too much. One thing I am especially careful not to [...]
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Posted in Life, Site, Uncategorized on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The latter part of May and early June are particularly crazy times, both at home and at work. So, I’m really not off the air for good, you see. It’s more like having concluded my broadcast day and taking a breather.
What? You don’t remember when TV stations used to sign off for the night? Well, [...]
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Over 650,000 US combat deaths since the start of the American Revolution two hundred thirty-three years ago. We honor the memory of their sacrifice tomorrow, those who lost their lives knowingly and unknowingly, willingly and unwillingly. Giving them a few minutes remembrance once or twice a year is not enough: We would honor them better [...]
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At Mass today, on this feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ I was reminded of something I read last fall:
Only a repeated miracle of God from minute to minute keeps me from falling into hell. I am made out of earth and ashes and spittle and a little mud. I don’t [...]
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Both the earthquake in central China and the cyclone in Myanmar were natural disasters with magnitudes of their own. But the more tragic disasters are of human origin - fear and greed, selfishness and corruption - and make the losses even more bitter.
Absolutely heartbreaking.
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