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| Benjamin Kepple
Discussions on foreign affairs, religion, and the state of American culture...oh, heck with it. It's an electronic soapbox where I get to spout off about all the idiocy that manifests itself in this day and age. (All content Copyright Benjamin Kepple, 2001-2007, except where noted or otherwise not applicable)
THE OLD SAYING has it that no good deed goes unpunished. The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, and everyone else who works for the place ought be forgiven if that phrase has ruefully gone through their minds as...
NOTED WITH AMUSEMENT: the squawks of fury and disbelief from commenters over at The New York Times -- and undoubtedly elsewhere -- over news that PayPal, along with Amazon, have severed their ties with WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks, of course, is the...
WELL. NOW THAT our brilliant Government has been horribly embarrassed thanks to WikiLeaks' disclosure of myriad correspondence from our diplomats abroad, one wonders what to make of it all. One would certainly hope this will prompt the Government, which once...
YESTERDAY'S golpe del estado in Honduras was a rather strange coup d'etat -- if only because it was executed almost perfectly. Within the space of a day, the Hondurans managed to exile their proto-caudillo, Seņor Manuel Zelaya; installed a new...
IF YOU THINK this is weird -- well, just go down to Venice Beach, that's all I'm saying....
SO TODAY I chanced across a column from Will Bunch, a senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, in which he chides the Washington media for their inept war coverage prior to our invasion of Iraq. Since even the most...
By HARRIS SCHWED Financial Rant Venezuela Bans Coke Zero, Citing Health Concerns ------- Calls for Invasion Grow ------ A "Rare Win" for Embattled Brand Managers CARACAS -- The Venezuelan Government yesterday banned the sale and distribution of Coke Zero, citing...
TWENTY THREE PERCENT. That's how much the workers affiliated with the Boston Newspaper Guild will have their pay cut, now that they've rejected a proposal from The New York Times Co. to cut their wages, implement furloughs, cut their benefits...
FOR THE RECORD ... I think these could work. NHL Tries To Woo Fans By Increasing Scoring With Bigger Nets, 3-Point Line...
AS A JOBSEEKER, I was rather stunned at reading this great story in the Wall Street Journal about the lengths to which certain companies will go when it comes to interviewing prospective employees. The more novel tactics reportedly include: --...
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