Category Archives: Philadelphia

My dinner with Arianna — submit your questions

Posted on March 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

Any business owner who uses largely unpaid labor, with a handful of underpaid, nonunion employees, to build a company that is sold for a few hundred million dollars, no matter how he or she is introduced to you on the … Continue reading →

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Obama to workers: Can’t find those shoes!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

If Americans workers are being denied their rights to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself; I’ll walk on that picket line with you as president of the … Continue reading →

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Money for (next to) nothing on WXPN

Posted on February 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

But there’s nothing, really nothing, to turn off. — Bob Dylan, “Visions of Johanna,” 1966 I turned on the car radio this morning and noticed the DJ on WXPN was yakking for a long time between songs. “Oh no, a … Continue reading →

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Media guy blames media for Wisconsin turmoil

Posted on February 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Wisconsin says a lot about our political discourse, none of it good… Complex issues are reduced to sound bites. Talking points of the extreme left and right dominate. Americans obediently fall into line, either for “free enterprise” or the “working … Continue reading →

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Blow them up good, then corporatize

Posted on February 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s a thought: maybe Madison, Wisconsin, isn’t Cairo after all. Maybe it’s Baghdad – specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence. … Continue reading →

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Why Madison, Wis., looks like Egypt-land

Posted on February 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

Credit where it’s due: Not all mainstream reporters are treating what’s happening in Wisconsin as a budget-related spat over cuts in benefits. In today’s Philadelphia Daily News, Will Bunch considers the global context of the story and ponders the likelihood … Continue reading →

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Christie & Obama: We do big, stupid things

Posted on February 17, 2011 by oddmanout215

… Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so I’ll take it that way. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reacting to President Barack Obama’s use of the phrase “big things” Who’s more contemptible, Christie or Obama? The former is … Continue reading →

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HuffPo/AOL — a new reason to avoid J-school

Posted on February 11, 2011 by oddmanout215

The Huffington Post is a brilliantly packaged product with a particular flair for addressing the cultural and entertainment tastes of its overwhelmingly liberal audience. To grasp its business model, though, you need to picture a galley rowed by slaves and … Continue reading →

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Working at the Inky/DN will be a hard habit to break

Posted on January 30, 2011 by oddmanout215

Tighten your fingers around a teaspoon, feel its metal pulse, its mistrustful warning. How it hurts to refuse a spoon, to say no to a door, to deny everything that habit has licked to a suitable smoothness. — Julio Cortazar, … Continue reading →

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The ‘decoupling’ of Americans from good jobs

Posted on January 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

… The President’s failure to address the decoupling of American corporate profits from American jobs, and explain specifically what he’ll do to get jobs back, not only risks making his grand plans for reviving the nation’s “competitiveness” seem somewhat beside … Continue reading →

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