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No Merit Badge for This Scout
Sunday, 2 March 2014, 12:42 pm | Walter Brasch
Rex W. Tillerson, a resident of Bartonville, Texas, like many of his neighbors was upset with his city council. That’s not unusual. Many residents get upset at their local governing boards. And so they went to a city council meeting to express their ... More >>
No Honor in Killing ‘God’s Dog’
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 8:29 am | Walter Brasch
No Honor in Killing ‘God’s Dog’ by Walter Brasch A week before the opening of the Olympics, 759 Pennsylvanians paid $25 each to participate in a sport that would never be a part of any international competition. These Pennsylvanians carried ... More >>
The Propaganda Olympics
Saturday, 8 February 2014, 5:53 pm | Walter Brasch
The Propaganda Olympics by Walter Brasch For Vladimir Putin, the winter Olympics is not about sports or international camaraderie. It’s a carefully orchestrated propaganda opportunity to try to showcase the nation’s athletes and show the world ... More >>
Pets Are No More Than Kitchen Chairs
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 5:06 pm | Walter Brasch
In Johnstown, two abandoned puppies died from starvation and freezing weather in an unoccupied house. In Lancaster County, two puppies were left in a backpack in freezing weather. In Centre County, a dog was frozen to the floor of its doghouse. More >>
The Boozy, but not Newsy, Mass Media
Saturday, 18 January 2014, 3:46 pm | Walter Brasch
The Boozy, but not Newsy, Mass Media by Walter Brasch The Big Story this past week was the Golden Globes awards. The Golden Globes, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and broadcast by NBC, drew 21 million viewers for the three-hour ... More >>
Delayed Deliveries Are Not a Crisis
Monday, 6 January 2014, 11:26 am | Walter Brasch
Walter Brasch It’s been about two weeks since the news media began smothering the nation with stories about UPS and FedEx delivering packages late during the holiday season. A short shopping season of less than 30 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, ... More >>
Depth Takes a Holiday in Mass Media
Friday, 27 December 2013, 12:10 pm | Walter Brasch
The mass media have a fixation upon throwing up lists. Sports editors run innumerable lists of the “Top 10” high school and college teams. Arts and entertainment editors run lists of the top books, movies, songs, and even video games. More >>
Sexism Among Male Gynecologists
Friday, 13 December 2013, 12:10 pm | Walter Brasch
It took a lot of outrage by scientists, physicians, and the public, but a gynecologist in Boston will not lose her board certification. The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology had planned to remove Dr. Elizabeth Stier as board-certified. More >>
The 10 Percent Solution to Expensive Weddings
Monday, 9 December 2013, 3:35 pm | Walter Brasch
There are a number of great mysteries in life. Where does the Abominable Snowman live? Where was the Garden of Eden? Do any of the Kardashian cabal have any discernible skills? More >>
No Area Safe from Fracking
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:57 pm | Walter Brasch
At the time New Jersey established a ban on fracking, it seemed symbolic, much like the moratorium in Vermont, which has no economically recoverable natural gas; the Marcellus Shale, primarily in New York and Pennsylvania, doesn’t extend into New ... More >>
Humor, language, phrases: Let’s Phrase This Another Way
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 12:17 pm | Walter Brasch
O.K., all you loyal readers, I’d appreciate it if you would “Put your hands together” for today’s commentary. I want you to “give it up” for me. But, most of all, I want you to “show me some love.” If you’d like to stand and applaud enthusiastically, ... More >>
Let’s Phrase This Another Way
Saturday, 9 November 2013, 4:38 pm | Walter Brasch
O.K., all you loyal readers, I’d appreciate it if you would “Put your hands together” for today’s commentary. I want you to “give it up” for me. But, most of all, I want you to “show me some love.” More >>
Are You Ready for Less Academics?
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 12:41 pm | Walter Brasch
Fewer people know the names of the recent Nobel laureates than the starting quarterbacks for Division I college teams. To find out why, I went to Green Valley College where the regional chief accreditor, unable to find a tailgate party, was grilling the ... More >>
Shuffling Federal Paperwork
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:39 pm | Walter Brasch
The right-wing part of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, with John Boehner in the role of spineless lackey rather than courageous Speaker, has shut down much of the federal government. More >>
Standing in the Sunshine, The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 1:53 pm | Walter Brasch
Tokelau, an independent territory of New Zealand, is a small three island archipelago of about 1,400 residents about 300 miles north of American Samoa in the South Pacific. In October 2012, the Polynesian nation turned off the last of its diesel generators ... More >>
Discriminating Taste
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:16 pm | Walter Brasch
For years, my father, a federal employee with a top secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate when he went into Baja California from our home in San Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter the U.S., he was stopped by the Border Patrol. More >>
Discriminating Taste
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:43 pm | Walter Brasch
For years, my father, a federal employee with a top secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate when he went into Baja California from our home in San Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter the U.S., he was stopped by the Border Patrol. More >>
Government Should Not Define What a Reporter is—or Isn’t
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 3:46 pm | Walter Brasch
Sen. Diane Feinstein and a horde of members of Congress of both parties want to decide who is and who isn’t a reporter. Sen. Feinstein says a “real” reporter is a “salaried agent of a media company.” More >>
Royal Dutch Shell: They Really Have a Friend in Pennsylvania
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:43 am | Walter Brasch
Royal Dutch Shell, which owns or leases about 900,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale, had a great idea. It wanted to frack the Ukraine. But, there was opposition. So, Royal Dutch Shell decided to create a junket for some of the Ukrainians opposed to ... More >>
The No-News Media Cover a Royal Birth
Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:51 pm | Walter Brasch
Long after the American colonials broke away from the British monarchy, long after George Washington refused to take the title of “king,” Americans are still fascinated by anything British and royal. More >>
