Loose Thoughts Series: Lee Atwater’s Lessons: How to screw a country.

Lee Atwater said: "you have to have all publicity to win, all the good and especially all the bad" So if you can get a news outlet like CNN to cover all the bad 24/7 - then you are a shoe in if you have a Fox.

Female, Can Use Tools ~ A National Archives “mistake?” A National “disappointment.”

All in the same fortnight, Pompeo disses a female NPR reporter and boots her off his plane, and we get the story of a photo hanging somewhere at the National Archives being intentionally altered. The world has ended. How this photo will be classified, and where it is placed, was clarified by a very well-spoken … Continue reading Female, Can Use Tools ~ A National Archives “mistake?” A National “disappointment.”

A Straw Boater, A Seersucker Suit, Making Senses, Truth In Census ~ Don’t Y’all Just Luv Newspapers!

Wes Pruden passed this week and one must pause and remember the passing of any journalism dinosaur. I think he would have liked the moniker. I will leave it to the big shots to write his obituary and list all his professional accomplishments with praise and admiration - I will remember a chat. We wound … Continue reading A Straw Boater, A Seersucker Suit, Making Senses, Truth In Census ~ Don’t Y’all Just Luv Newspapers!

Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ The DNA Of Cave Art

BE sure to see the Google Translate feature in the side/end bar... Finding the documented results of the DNA sequenced from ancient skeletons is like a magical mystery cave art tour itself - Travel With A Challenge, as the site explains, that Genevieve von Petzinger wrote for her article about some of the caves still … Continue reading Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ The DNA Of Cave Art