On Which Factor in the Following Crime will the Newspaper Focus?
posted on August 28th, 2009 by Lawrence Miller
A Utah man apparently broke into his friends’ apartment and beat them with a hammer. Can you guess which of the following three factors related to the motive the Salt Lake Tribune picked up on?
- The attacker had taken sleeping pills prior to the attack.
- The attacker and one of the victims had argued the day before when the attacker learned that the victim had been dating a girl they had both agreed not to date.
- The attacker played Dungeons & Dragons with the victims the day before.
All three are true. Did you guess correctly?
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posted on August 17th, 2009 by Lawrence Miller
The Alamogordo Daily News posted an op-ed in favor of teaching “both of the scientific theories” of human origin. A day later, the comments are dominated by polite, well-reasoned rebuttles to the argument. At least, for the first, like, half-dozen or so. And then someone attempts to defend the article, as someone always does, essentially arguing that willful ignorance is a valid point of view (”I am a Christian… I refused to participate in that kind of ’science’…”). And then the comments, as they always do, go a bit downhill. Good times.
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Actually, I Rather Like the Idea of a Death Panel
posted on August 12th, 2009 by Lawrence Miller
Is there some kind of super-awesome health insurance company out there I don’t know about providing free policies for everyone who wants one? Or are the town-hall health care protesters all simply idiots? The rant continues…
