Yearly Archives: 2010

The Sea Around Us

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

Although BP has said that all is going as planned with operation “Top Kill,” nothing will be conclusively known about its success until sometime Sunday.    While most articles about this environmental catastrophe refer to this as a spill, that word … Continue reading →

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The Forever Young

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

On Tuesday, May 18th, we reached a grim milestone in Afghanistan: 1,000 American deaths.  The death count started slowly and we didn’t really pay much notice as we were distracted by our larger presence and the higher death count in … Continue reading →

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Prophets of the Airwaves, Mad and Otherwise

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

In the 1976 movie Network, evening news anchor Howard Beale,  portrayed by Peter Finch, has a psychotic breakdown and declares that  he will blow his brains out on the air next Tuesday.  Beale had earlier been informed that because of … Continue reading →

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