Archive for September 2nd, 2008
Mid-day Bouillabaisse: Daily News Roundup
New Orleans escaped Gustav … but there is still plenty of clean-up to do. According to the New York Times, over 1.4 million residents are without power. City officials are asking the 2 million residents who fled the city to hold off on returning until hurricane debris can be cleaned from the streets. Hurricane season is clearly [...]
Under the Microscope: That Familiar Faustian Bargain
As the press delves more deeply into Sarah Palin’s life and past, it’s yielded such information as the pregnancy of her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, a tidbit seemingly at odds with the wholesome “hockey mom” image Palin and her family seek to put forth.
Such facts have raised the “moral contradiction” alarm, leading fellow candidates, in this [...]
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