On August 18th, a friend challenged me to listen to 2 weeks of conservative talk radio, instead of NPR. I'm on day 12.Managed to catch a bit of Rush Limbaugh on my way back from a work meeting the other day. Just enough to hear him say how much he hopes Obama fails, because Obama'sContinue reading "Adventures in conservative talk radio, continued: I listend to Rush…briefly."

Does it strike anyone else as odd that, at a conference of arts managers, who spend our days finding ways to tell our patrons to be quiet, turn off of their cell phones, and unwrap their hard candies, that we have bowls of hard candy sitting on all our conference tables, and we unwrap themContinue reading "We don’t have to follow the rules…"

On August 18th, a friend challenged me to listen to 2 weeks of conservative talk radio, instead of NPR. I'm on day 3.Things I heard on the radio today:"Thank you, Senator. Your are one of our good guys.""What do we have to do to get people to acknowledge this ideological war?""YOU ARE STUPID!"I am noticingContinue reading "Adventures in Conservative Talk Radio: Day 3"

On August 18th, a friend challenged me to listen to 2 weeks of conservative talk radio, instead of NPR. I'm on day 2.Observations from today:1. Liberal or conservative, I will cryI will admit to welling up, on more than one occasion, when listening to some reports on NPR. Usually they involve soldiers, or the occasionalContinue reading "Adventures in Conservative Talk Radio, Day 2"

So, the facebook conversation about liberal vs. conservative continues. It started with health care, moved on to Big Brother, and now it's moved to the bias of the media. They won't win the debate, and neither will I; there are no winners in a debate like this. It's all just opinion.But, that cop out ofContinue reading "I will likely regret this…"