Below are some interesting signs of the times in the form of photographic images shot by one of my sibling’s during a recent trip to London: In case you didn’t know: My five siblings and I have always been world travelers. Between us, we’ve lived in 11 U.S. states and territories and in six foreign [...]
Signs of the Times: Images From London
July 16th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: · Bob McCarty, London, Photographs, Travel
CNN Shifts From News to Entertainment
December 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Yesterday, CNN aired a segment from the movie, “Dumb & Dumber,” in the middle of a news report about university students in London protesting against tuition hikes. One word describes it: Priceless! Thank you, CNN, for apparently shifting from news to entertainment!
Tags: · CNN, CNN Shifts From News to Entertainment, dumb & dumber, dumb and dumber, London, tuition, tuition hikes, university students
How Long Until U.S Students Launch Protests?
December 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
University students in London are taking to the streets to protest tuition rate increases which, according to an AFP report, will result in students being charged fees of up to 9,000 pounds — or the equivalent of $14,200 or 10,700 Euros — a year. After reading a recently-released report about costs at a number of [...]
Tags: · administration, AFP, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, big 12, Education, education costs, fees, four-year public colleges, How Long Until U.S Students Launch Protests, inflation, instructional quality, instructional spending, London, non-instructional staff, protest, public universities, school funds, student, tuition, united states, university, university students
‘Fox Cleared of All Charges in Henhouse Scandal’
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments
“The accused fox was cleared of all charges after none of the hens who had occupied the henhouse prior to the alleged incident appeared in court this morning to testify against the fox. Reporting live from the criminal court building in London, this is Peter Johnson reporting for BBC News.” Of course, the paragraph above [...]
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Spurlock’s Latest Effort Generates Little Buzz
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
In a post Dec. 5, 2007, I expressed skepticism about fast-food filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s claim that he had found Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Three months later, I wrote a post about the release of a trailer for Spurlock’s documentary, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? Since then however, I’ve heard very few [...]
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Olympics Controversy Nothing New
April 20th, 2008 · No Comments
The controversy generated by the Olympic Flame World Tour has captured many headlines in recent weeks. This morning, Associated Press reported that the flame had arrived in Malaysia ahead of a relay in which it will be guarded by 1,000 police watching for protests against China’s Tibet crackdown and human rights record. But controversy surrounding [...]
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Chinese Bullies Accompany Olympic Flame
April 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Writer Anthony Browne opines about China being “the real master of the universe” in an article published in the UK’s Daily Mail today. While addressing many topics, the one discussed in the paragraph below caused me to pause and reflect: What would those Victorian masters of old have made of the fact that Chinese security [...]
Tags: · anthony browne, China, chinese, chinese security, chinese security men, Daily Mail, London, master of the universe, masters of old, streets of london, uk, uk daily mail, victorian, victorian masters
