Bob McCarty Writes

With Christmas only days away, it’s time to take a look back at the best of what has appeared on the virtual pages of this site during 2011.  And when I say best, I’m referring to pieces that involve original research and reporting by yours truly. MY MOST-(fill-in-the-blank) STORIES On Jan. 6, I published my [...]

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Dear Readers: On Oct. 19, 2006, I began my adventure in online writing with a short post via which I informed readers I would use this space to “share bits of my unique brand of humor and touch on a variety of subjects including — but not limited to — politics, shopping carts, sports and [...]

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One year ago today, Rod Blagojevich became the first sitting Illinois governor to be impeached and booted out of office by a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate in Springfield. Now, the 53-year-old Democrat and his lawyers are waiting for the next shoe to drop in legal wranglings related to allegations that he attempted to [...]

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For those who’ve longed for behind-the-scenes access to Bob McCarty Writes, I offer two photos. The photo above shows my one-year-old cat, Butters, asleep atop my desk next to my computer as I write this post.  A lot of help, he is.  The photo below shows him dreaming about the way things have changed in [...]

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Dear Reader: Whether you’re visiting Bob McCarty Writes for the first time or consider yourself a “regular,” I appreciate your patronage. For the first time in since this blog launched in October 2006, I’m issuing an URGENT APPEAL, asking readers like you to make a contribution to sustain this site.  Lucky for you, several support [...]

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Get ‘em while they’re hot folks!  After I publish this post, I’ll be removing Barack Obama-related merchandise items from the front page of this blog. Why?  Because, regardless of whether or not I agree with the man holding the office of the president of the United States and despite the difficulty of such a stand [...]

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Thanks to readers like you, Bob McCarty Writes set several new single-month traffic records during the month of September.  They include the following:  Unique visitors (50,895); total visits (67,234); page views (202,651); and total hits (2,516,155). Below are the top 10 BMW posts published during the month of September: Twenty Percent of Bailout Profits to [...]

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