Our preoccupation in Iraq and our focus solely on Islamic terrorism has blinded us to the growing number of humanitarian crises — like this one in Somalia, which has not gotten even the modest attention that the genocide in Darfur has received.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
The Cranbury Press Blog
E-mail me by clicking here.
The quirky blog, The Long Cut, offered an interesting post recently — a quiz designed to see if, 1.) anyone is reading and 2.) if readers have a sense of Mark as a blogger. So, like any good blogger — and newspaper editor — I have no compunction about stealing an idea and remaking it. So here is the first edition of Channel Surfing’s Twenty Questions:
1. My favorite band/artist is:
a.) Bob Dylan; b.) Bruce Springsteen; c.) The Beatles; d.) Lou Reed; e.) none of the above
2. Which presidential candidate did I not vote for?
a.) Bill Clinton; b.) Michael Dukakis; c.) Al Gore; d.) John Kerry; e.) none of the above
3. Name the three colleges/universities that I attended:
4. I majored in English, but minored in what subject?
5. True or false: I scored higher on the math portion of the SATs than on the verbal portion.
6. Which job have I not held?
a.) Movie theater usher; b.) lighting rod installer; c.) mall security guard; d.) short-order cook; e.) none of the above
7. True or false: I attended the game at which the Knicks retired Earl Monroe’s number.
8. True of false: My wife Annie and I will be together 25 years next month.
9. Which of the following novelists do I not like?
a.) E.L. Doctorow; b.) Don Delillo; c.) Stephen King; d.) Joan Didion; e.) James Ellroy
10. Am I a dog person or a cat person?
11. Which magazine to do I subscribe to?
a.) Time; b.) Newsweek; c.) The New Republic; d.) The Nation; e.) none of the above
12. My all-time favorite baseball player is:
a.) Felix Millan; b.) Darryl Strawberry; c.) Tommie Agee; d.) Tom Seaver; e.) Willie Mays
13. My reporting beats have included which of the following:
a.) South Brunswick; b.) Cranbury; c.) Hillsborough; d.) Plainsboro; e.) Allentown; f.) Edison; g.) Princeton Borough; h.) Monroe
14. My favorite newspaper columnist is:
a.) Bob Herbert; b.) Frank Rich; c.) Paul Krugman; d.) James Carroll; e.) George Will; f.) E.J. Dionne Jr.
15. True or false: I supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
16. True or false: I opposed the first Gulf War.
17. Who is not among my favorite film actors:
a.) Humphrey Bogart; b.) James Dean; c.) Jerry Lewis; d.) Frank Sinatra; e.) Robert DeNiro
18. True or false: I prefer the Who to the Rolling Stones.
19. Which of these bands/artists have I not seen more than once?
a.) R.E.M.; b.) Steve Winwood; c.) Wilco; d.) Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes; e.) Bob Dylan
20. My favorite poet is: (fill in the blank)
Answer by responding to this post. I’ll post the actual answers later this week.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
The Cranbury Press Blog
E-mail me by clicking here.
Consider these bills a good start, though more needs to be done. New Jersey’s reputation as the corruption capital of the nation (aside from Washington D.C.) needs to be cleansed and taking a tough stand against those who so blatantly and shamelessly violate the public trust should not be negotiable, even in Trenton.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
The Cranbury Press Blog
E-mail me by clicking here.
Late post, just under the midnight wire.
Today I hit the road outside, pushing four miles in a brutal 39 minutes — iPod featured a mix.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
The Cranbury Press Blog
E-mail me by clicking here.
Three more major newspapers have turned against capital punishment, more evidence that “evolving standards of decency” are moving us in the right direction. Time to pull the plug on the death penalty.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
The Cranbury Press Blog
E-mail me by clicking here.
Hank Kalet 