A long report I published this week on the obscure local agency that manages emergency freeway call boxes is getting a lot of attention. As it should: It’s an infuriating story of government fat in the leanest of times and the politicians who don’t think taxpayers care about a dollar. The local NBC affiliate interviewed [...]
Twice in the last 24 hours my stories have made it on the tube. Last night, the local NBC affiliate ran a follow-up to my investigation of a laboratory containing hazardous materials that was abandoned by defense contractors. The NBC reporter did a fine job; the only problem is that my cuteness was upstaged by [...]
Once again, I’m behind on blog posts. Sorry. It’s just the way things are. Busy busy busy. But, I thought I’d share a new side project I’ve picked up: Writing blog posts for SyFy channel’s SciFiWire.com, which, of course, is a bit of a nerd dream come true. These aren’t news pieces or even reviews, [...]
I admit I was worried. Now I admit I was wrong. The world has not ended. Before I go any further, I’ll just go ahead and issue a big, bold SPOILER ALERT. Doctor Who Season Five won’t premiere in the US until April 17, so if you’re planning on watching this on BBC America, you [...]
The trailer makes Season 5 look incredible, though I’m not sold on Matt Smith yet. I’m waiting for the personality to burst through. So far, he just looks dopey. I keep telling myself: Have faith in Steven Moffat. If Smith sucks, he’ll only last a season or two. (Knock on T.A.R.D.I.S.)
I don’t wade into education issues very often for three reasons: 1) I don’t have children, 2) I studied a great deal overseas and 3) I usually find the issue very boring. I also tend to find PBS quite dull, so it’s surprising that I feel strongly that this particular NewsHour segment blogworthy. In this [...]
This thrills me: In Gallup, a mayor and a local newspaperman get into a fist fight over stories that indicate the mayor was involved in a 1948 gang rape. Security cam footage, descriptive interviews, a dark back story about politics and investigative journalism. OK, this does make me miss New Mexico just a little. I [...]
Last night, I couldn’t sleep. OK, so I napped for three hours in the afternoon, but that’s only part of the reason for my insomina. The bigger factor was my immediate, manic obsession and fury over the end of the 10th Doctor, David Tennant, and his regeneration into a 27-year-old dough-faced actor by the name [...]
Watch this interview. But, before you do, let me set the stage. We all appreciate the civil rights milestone that was the election of Barack Obama. But while the O was campaign, Rachel Maddow was already making history as the first openly gay news host to score a prime-time cable news show. The man on [...]
A few years ago, I wrote a brief about the Doctor’s adventures in New Mexico, which pretty much boiled down to a short battle in 1957 with his arch-nemesis, The Master, at a fictional Air Force base. That happened in one of the spin-off books and as far as I know, he’s never had a [...]
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