Bob McCarty Writes

Two days ago, I published a post under the headline, “One-Sheet’ Sheryl to Headline MLB All-Star Concert.”  Within 24 hours, someone claiming to be singer Sheryl Crow left a comment about that post.  The exact wording of that post — misspellings and all — appears below: “IF you are reading this rediculous statement from Bob [...]

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It’s the stuff about which too few movies are made and not enough books are written:  1st Lt Nicholas Eslinger’s willingness to give his own life in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers earned the West Point graduate the Silver Star for gallantry in action on Oct. 1, 2008, while in support [...]

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Editor & Publisher, self-described as “America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry,” ran a piece today which highlighted news that 12 newspapers had endorsed Barack Obama today.  A look at some of those endorsements helps explain why, perhaps, the newspaper industry (a.k.a., “the dinosaurs”) is facing some of its worst times ever. I didn’t have [...]

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Despite the fact it’s taking place some 900 miles from the world-famous horse-racing venue in Upstate New York, Tuesday night’s presidential debate at Nashville’s Belmont University will be jokingly referred to by some in the mainstream news media as the “Belmont Stakes.”  Those in the MSM will not, however, be so bold as to match [...]

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Today, Paul G. Kirk, Jr. and Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. announced the finalized formats of the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates agreed to by the Obama and McCain campaigns.  In calling them “a breakthrough in the history of televised debates,” however, the co-chairmen of The Commission on Presidential Debates may have exaggerated a bit. [...]

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