No. 1: Joe Paterno Why didn’t he quit, or why wasn’t he shown the door, several years ago? As it is, he remained the face of Penn State during the worst big-time-college-football, sex-abuse scandal in history, as far as I can tell. If he had quit several years ago, the backlash from the scandal (including [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mitt Romney’
Passing thoughts on people making news or writing it
Posted in journalism, Uncategorized, tagged Joe Paterno, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Thomas L. Friedman on January 23, 2012 | 19 Comments »
If you’re worth $250 million, maybe $374,000 in speaking fees really does qualify as “not very much”
Posted in politics, Uncategorized, tagged 15 percent, Callista Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich on January 19, 2012 | 19 Comments »
If Mitt Romney wasn’t finished as a viable presidential contender before Tuesday, he most certainly was, in my opinion, after his comments on taxes and income that day in Greenville, S.C. Asked directly what his effective tax rate was, Romney said: “It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything. For the past 10 [...]
Seamus — the Irish (car) setter
Posted in journalism, Uncategorized, tagged Gail Collins, Meghan Daum, Mitt Romney, Seamus, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times on January 16, 2012 | 9 Comments »
I want to preface this piece by saying I’m no fan of Mitt Romney. In fact, I think he’s the most opportunistic and malleable of the candidates for the Republican nomination for President. He will say just about anything to get elected, which, fortunately, probably isn’t going to happen. President Obama is the only candidate [...]
