Bob McCarty Writes

Incredibly, I woke up in my Denver hotel this morning — yes, I missed my flight from DIA to St. Louis last night, thanks to United Express being slow — to find USA TODAY had pushed its coverage of the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party protests to page A3.  Shameful!  Gotta go!

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Though I rarely listen to Hollywood on matters of importance, I find myself in near-total agreement with Will Smith when it comes to the subject of racism in this country.  On the same issue, I disagree completely with the members of the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. WILL SMITH’S VIEWS Smith’s views on [...]

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The rudeness that greeted President George W. Bush and Pastor Rick Warren was surpassed only by the divisive flavor of Dr. Joseph Lowery’s closing prayer at yesterday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama. While walking a tightrope of propriety and keeping his remarks less vile than those Rev. Jeremiah Wright might have delivered if given the [...]

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The headline that appeared above Kevin J. Cameron’s “Reader’s Opinion” piece in USA TODAY expressed his opinion well: Pilots Deserve More Credit for Safety Record.  One day after yesterday’s “Miracle on the Hudson” river landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in New York City, few would argue with his logic. Cameron, an airline pilot from [...]

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I won’t be celebrating the American Public Transportation Association’s Third Annual National Dump the Pump Day, because I work from home. I will, however, encourage others to do so — but only because I like the campaign logo that appeared in an ATPA ad I saw published at the USA TODAY web site. One day [...]

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“I don’t feel welcome in this state anymore, and I feel really bad about that. It’s a beautiful state here. After my six months of probation is completed with no other unknown caveats to this coming up, I want to go. I want to be somewhere other than here.” — Peter Lynch The words above, [...]

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Associated Press reported in an article March 5 that Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s grandmother in Kenya was a Christian. Six days later, AP issued a correction: “Grandma Obama” is a Muslim after all. How did such a blatant falsehood — known in journalism circles as an “error in fact” — make its way past [...]

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