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Answer: Enjoy Your Memories of the Good Old Days
“What to Do if You Have Recalled Birth Control Pills”–headline, Boston Globe, Feb. 3
Metaphor Alert
“When will we reign [sic] in our country’s spooked team of political horses pulling abuggy full of culture trash? What scored them off their well-worn moral path? Thedrivers are of the new public opinion, brain-wash breed, that have whipped ourequines into a frantic frenzy, just chasing after entertainment, fun, excitement and government entitlements. Where are those from our distant past who had trained them to travel the hard-working virtuous road? The ones who followed the narrow way of faithfulness and honor? The sustenance they carried was nourishment for our souls in God’s own book.”–Doris Kyllo, letter to the editor, Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.), Feb. 2
Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate
- “Editor’s Note: A commentary by Leo Webb, ‘Returning veteran has few marketable skills,’ prompted questions from listeners about Webb’s account of his service as an Army sniper in Iraq. A subsequent investigation found that the Army has no record of Webb. Webb also said he pitched for a Chicago Cubs minor-league team. Inquiries to the Cubs and to Minor League Baseball found no record of Webb. Marketplace has an obligation to provide accurate information. That was not met in this commentary. It has been retracted and the text and audio have been removed from the web site.”–Marketplace.org, Feb. 1
- “Update 2:39 p.m. Scratch all of that. The Atlantic Wire has learned that ww5.komen.org, has always been the organization’s website(and it still is today)–this also sort of debunks Gather’s previous theory (below), meaning that the “hack” could have possibly been an alteration of one of the site’s banners not the entire website.”–TheAtlanticWire.com, Feb. 2
Out on a Limb
- “Ben Bernanke: Spending ‘Unsustainable’ ”–headline, Politico.com, Feb. 2
- “The Importance of U.S. Military Might Shouldn’t Be Underestimated”–headline, Washington Post, Feb. 3
The Rich Really Are Just Like the Rest of Us
“Some Wealthy Donors Drop Obama for Romney”–headline, RollCall.com, Feb. 2
That’s What She Said
“Obama at Prayer Breakfast: ‘I Have Fallen on My Knees With Great Regularity’ ”–headline, Investors Business Daily website, Feb. 2
‘If You Take Half the People at an Ohio State Football Game on Saturday Afternoon and They Were to Have Voted the Other Way, You and I Would Be Having a Discussion Today About My State of the Union Speech’
“Kate Middleton, ‘Hat Person of the Year’? Time for a Recount!”–headline, Los Angeles Times website, Feb. 1
It Shouldn’t Make a Difference, Given the Law of Conservation of Mass
“Does Donald Trump Support Matter?”–headline, FoxNews.com, Feb. 2
Himmler Had Something Similar
“Q & A: How a Fancy Austrian Ball Stirred Worry About Neo-Nazis”–headline, Los Angeles Times website, Feb. 1
Holy Anatolia!
“Turkish Forces Kill 5 PKK Fighters in Batman”–headline, Reuters, Feb. 3
Answer: Enjoy Your Memories of the Good Old Days
“What to Do if You Have Recalled Birth Control Pills”–headline, Boston Globe, Feb. 3
The Lonely Lives of Scientists
“Scientists Coax Shy Microorganisms to Stand Out in a Crowd”–headline, University of Washington press release, Feb. 2
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
- “Baratunde Thurston Explains ‘How To Be Black’ ”–headline, NPR.org, Feb. 1
- “Sex on First Date? 55% Say They Have”–headline, USA Today, Feb. 2
- “How Mormons Are Kind of Like Jews”–headline, Slate.com, Feb. 2
It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
- “Vermont Inmates Hide Pig in Official Police Car Decal”–headline, Reuters, Feb. Feb. 3
- “New York Times Loses $40Million in 2011″–headline, Daily Mail (London), Feb. 2
Breaking News From Luke 18:11-12
“Obama Says His Religious Values Underpin His Policies”–headline, Miami Herald, Feb. 3
Breaking News From 2004
“When Kerry Saw Blue Tide Turning”–headline, Herald (Ireland), Feb. 3
News You Can Use
“How To Make Surveillance Drones Less Frightening: Paint Them Pretty Colors”–headline, Slate.com, Feb. 2
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Newark Schools Won’t Get Rich on Facebook IPO”–headline, WSJ.com, Feb. 2
- “Roseanne Barr 2012: Actress Seeks Green Party Presidential Nod”–headline, Puffington Host, Feb. 2
- “Don’t Say He Didn’t Warn You: Santorum Steers Audiences Away From Rivals With Doomsday Talk”–headline, Associated Press, Feb. 3
