Unintended Consequences: Freeh Report Becomes the Oracle.

No. 891 When the Penn State Board commissioned the Freeh Report, it could not have know the havoc it would unleash. The Report contains strong accusations, but they are nevertheless only accusations. Many witnesses either refused to talk to Freeh or were not asked. Now some of those are crying out that the Freeh Report […]

Taking the Bullet

No. 890 It seems that every time there is a mass murder, like the one that occurred in Aurora, there are unpredictable acts of heroism. Three young men died in that theater, each shielding their girlfriends from a shower of bullets. We heard similar stories occurring during the attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords, the Virginia […]

Stephen M. Covey, Leader.

No. 886 Stephen M. Covey died today at 89. He taught us many things. Not the least of which was to live as much of our life as possible in Quadrant II — Important but not Urgent. Too often we rarely get out of Quadrant I, the Urgent. We thought we were simply busy. He […]

Commenter Attacks My January 22, 2012 Post Calling For Apology to Paterno.

No. 881 On January 22, 2012, I published the following post, No. 791. At the time I wrote it, Joe Paterno had already died, but that fact was not publicly announced. I received a comment today that stated that I should probably withdraw my post. Well, I won’t. Paterno may have been powerful and influential, […]

DNS Changer Malware, Whom Do You Trust?

No. 875 Did the whole Changer Malware story sound a little phishy to you? Our Superheroes at the FBI have been holding the bad guys off from destroying the world, or at least denying it internet access. These malware evildoers, who are reputed to have been arrested recently in Estonia, have been redirecting unsuspecting internet […]

Breaking News: Cruise-Holmes Divorce Settlement Reached!!!!!!!!

No. 874 Was it a dream or a hallucination or did a certain TV network break into regular programing to announce that Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes had reached a settlement? CLT Photo by Komonews.com

Don’t Say it — Olym — Shut Up!

No. 858 Here’s a little puzzle for you to solve. What organization is trying to protect its exclusive right to use a word that is about 4,000 years old? And at the same time trying to deter unauthorized use of their ridiculous logo. Here are the pieces to the puzzle. Answer below.

Answer to Puzzle

No. 857 The Answer for the puzzle. But don’t tell anybody. You might be sued for trademark infringement. CLT

Abuse of Power in a Good Cause

No. 856 There is a sound bite all over the news today of Ed Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania but also former Philadelphia DA, stating that in a case like Sandusky, “every prosecutor knows” that you should bring the case even if you don’t have enough evidence because prosecution will act as a deterrent. I’ll […]

Watergate Turns 40

No. 855 Isn’t it amazing? The third class burglary that brought down a President happened 40 years ago. It appears to be one of the most important events in the 20th Century and in American History. The consequences were multiple. One response: they started teaching a required course in Ethics in law school. Another was […]

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