Category Archives: sleepless in state college

StevieslawEntertainmentNews: Fox News to Revamp Format

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stevieslaw

Fox News plans three new “fair and balanced” sitcoms. In an effort to “balance out” commercial network sitcoms that portray blacks, latinos, gays, women and other minorities as people, Fox News today announced it is revamping its format to be … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: 17. Fox to Watch Hen House

Posted on March 14, 2011 by stevieslaw

Corbett says JOBS and Republicans Go Wild. Lustagarten, Kusnetz and Sapien, writers for Propublica, report in an article in today’s Centre Daily Times that Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania and man of the people, has provided C. Alan Walker (who … Continue reading →

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At Charon’s Beachhouse

Posted on March 13, 2011 by stevieslaw

At Charon’s Beachhouse*             Kaddish I knew it all by then I thought. My I-ness had been inspected. I had down pat the sacred handshake and the secret chant. Freudian, Jungian, Reikian, hey. Couched for an hour bibbabbling away.   … Continue reading →

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Stevieslawrecalls: Rememoiring

Posted on March 12, 2011 by stevieslaw

Rememoiring I stopped at Barnes and Noble on the Benner Pike the other day.  Have you been there recently? They’ve pushed the Nook counter right up against the entrance, so you cannot get through without an encounter with three armed … Continue reading →

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StevieslawBrief: Corbett Declares Pennsylvanians Are Smart Enough

Posted on March 10, 2011 by stevieslaw

Republicans declare an end to public education is on the horizon. Tommy Corbett, republican governor of Pennsylvania and man of the people, announced in his new budget yesterday a one billion dollar cut in public education spending and a huge … Continue reading →

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Stevieslawslant: The Ferocious Race to the Bottom

Posted on March 7, 2011 by stevieslaw

Killing the Middle Class is Serious Work in Florida Step back Wisconsin.  Governor Rick Scott, man of the people, and the Florida legislature have thrown down the gauntlet in the tightening race to see which state can be most effective … Continue reading →

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A Stevieslawslant: Former Nazi Youth Member Decries Guilt by Association

Posted on March 4, 2011 by stevieslaw

Pope Benedict says Jews Not Guilty. No Harm Done. Gingrich to Convert. News services around the world have reported that Pope Benedict XVI has personally exonerated Jews for the 2000 year old murder of Jesus Christ, a popular prophet.   … Continue reading →

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Not So Fast, Not So Fast

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stevieslaw

Not So Fast, Not So Fast Today, a grim wintry gray has overtaken the brightness, that had us dreaming of spring. It is often that way, here in the shadow of the great lakes. At the edge of my small … Continue reading →

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StevieslawNeoBard Department: To Fract or Not to Fract.

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stevieslaw

StevieslawNeoBard Department: To Fract or not to Fract. Hydrofracting uses huge amounts of water laced with sand and chemicals under high pressure to break up rock formations and release natural gas.  It leaves the wastewater both polluted with some chemicals … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Shortly, Spring.

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stevieslaw

Shortly, Spring Today, a brightness has overtaken the grim wintry gray we suffer here, in the shadow of the great lakes. Our walkways are still patched with the grease of black ice, that makes walking a test of uprightness. But, … Continue reading →

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