Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Saturday, 4 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Tonight, the University of North Carolina and Duke University have their second meeting of the season at Carolina’s Dean Smith Arena in Chapel Hill. This is THE rivalry …
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The Nightshift: 3 March 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Friday, 3 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Yesterday, March 2nd, was Dr. Seuss’s birthday. This weekend would be a good time to re-read at least one Dr. Seuss book…for yourself or your children..and to celebrate one of the great …
McArthur on rules
“You are remembered for the rules you break…”
1000
Paying Attention: Yesterday, 1 March 2017, this site put up it’s 1000th post. That post was, appropriately, a classic quote from singer/songwriter Warren Zevon on politics–perfect for our times. Starting in 2011, the site has been publishing on a regular basis, typically three or four times a week, but over the last year, increasingly moving to …
The Nightshift: 2 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Thursday, 2 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The New York Times and The Washington Post both published new and revelatory articles last night about the Trump/White House dalliance with Russia. There’s enough obfuscation and strenuous …
Warren Zevon on Politics
“Politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex….”
The Nightshift: 1 March 2017
Embed from Getty Images Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, 1 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. President Trump made his first speech before the assembled U.S. Congress. It was understated, repeated the themes and objectives he made during his campaign, and had a totally different …
The Nightshift: 28 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, 28 February 2017, the last day of February, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The fallout from the Academy Awards mixup continues as the Academy has launched an “investigation” into how it all happened. Inevitable. Their time might be …
The Nightshift: 27 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Monday, 27 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Academy Awards Show last night suffered one of the worst mistakes in history, when it mistakenly announced the wrong winner for the nights’ biggest award: Best Picture. Announced …
The Nightshift: 26 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Sunday, 26 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Academy Awards are tonight: expect glamour (and some big misses) on the Red Carpet, a Hollywood-style opening for tonights’ host, Jimmy Kimmel (good luck, Jimmy–the long knives will …