Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 17 January 2017. The Presidential Inauguration is this Friday, just days away. Find out what’s happening in the rest of the world by linking to the front pages of the globe’s greatest newspapers. The World’s Headlines are all at your fingertips. May the Happy Holiday spirit continue….(looking a bit like a long shot at …
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The Nightshift: 16 January 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Monday, 16 January 2017. The NFL Playoffs are over (Packers, Steelers, Patriots, and Falcons won), the circus is leaving town, and Washington is looking ever-more-swamplike. It’s a new era and uncertainty is the current operating mode. Maybe it will settle down. Maybe it won’t. But the world will go on. …
The Nightshift: 15 January 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 15 January 2017. The circus is leaving town, permanently, as Ringling Brothers/Barnum&Bailey announced their circus–the big top that many of us have seen in the past–will be closing down, a victim of high operating costs and declining attendance. Animals and highly specialized acts in the circus will have to …
The Nightshift: 14 January 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Saurday, 14 January 2017. It’s a wild winter weekend across most of North America, with weather so difficult that an NFL playoff game has been moved back a few hours. In the meantime, politics dominates the news cycle and uncertainty and tension is in the air in America. Check …
The Ultimate Guide To The Best (and Worst) of 2016
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Our annual guide to the highs and lows of the year, in all kinds of interesting categories. And, by the way, why do all the news organizations start doing the best/worst/most impactful stories of the year in late December, before the year is even over. As we know …
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The Nightshift: 13 January 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Friday, 13 January 2017. More politics and drama in the American political transition. Stay tuned….there are no signs things will calm down anytime soon (like within the next four years). Uncertainty in politics is the new normal. Check out what’s happening in the rest of the world by linking to the front pages …
The Nightshift: 12 January 2016
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 12 January 2017. The unpredictable arc in American politics continues…..and it’s playing out in press conferences, Senate confirmation hearings for the President-Elect’s cabinet members, and a general unease about transition politics. Uncertainty is the new normal. Check out what’s happening in the rest of the world by linking to the front pages of …
The Nightshift: 11 January 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 11 January 2017. It’s an interesting day in Washington and Moscow……. In Washington, the confirmation hearings continue in an unsettled atmosphere. Inconsistency and uncertainty is the new norm. Check out what’s happening in the rest of the world by linking to the front pages of the globe’s greatest newspapers. It’s all …
The Nightshift: 10 January 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 10 January 2017. The National Championship Football game last night was an absolute classic, with Clemson scoring a touchdown to beat Alabama (going for its second National Championship in a row) with 1 second left to win the game, 35-31. This one was everything it was …
The Nightshift: 9 January 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Monday, 9 January 2017. The first day of the second week of the year. It was, in short, a terrific weekend, with NFL Wildcard Playoff Games, the NC State v UNC Basketball game (Carolina won by over 50 points in a game delayed due to snowy and icy conditions in North Carolina) …