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Scott Barzilla, one of our key bloggers here on the Hurricane, has written a new book about the Baseball Hall of Fame, and those players in line to get in.  For those who don't know Scott, besides being a great writer, he is an expert in all things baseball.  We at the Hurricane applaud his new endeavor.  ...

OK. I confess. I watch too much TV. Here are 3 of my favorite commercials. First, the Travelers Insurance dog:Then the E-Trade talking baby:This one cracks me up no matter how many time I see it. R. Lee Ermey as a therapist:Have a great Sunday. Good golf, good tennis, or whatever makes you happy....

Former CNN news personality Rick Sanchez has been fired for saying that Jewish people run the media and that Jews are not a minority because they are successful in our society.That's right---Jews are doing really well in America and the world. At least those Jews are doing well who have not been exterminated. And, of course, we have just your normal every day Jewish folks who go about their daily lives and are not rich.But other...

... but there is truth in fiction. I had the chance to "pleasure read" for the first time in a while, and was encouraged to read a book by an author I had never read before. It was a good, suspenseful book, but I came across a particular passage that really resonated. In this passage, a media personality was interviewing a journalist and made a statement alleging that the Swedish economy was headed for...

You may not have heard over the noise made by crazy Florida "Christians" and Koran burnings, but there was a landmark ruling in our nation's fight towards equal rights yesterday.  From Huffington Post: A federal judge on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional and said she will issue an order to stop the government from enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy nationwide. In her ruling, [Judge] Phillips said...

I have taught a lot of workshops over the years, and one of the components that I cover when I deliver a workshop on change management is something called the "Emotional Contagion Theory."In the March 2005 issue of The Journal of Applied Psychology, Richard Saavedra and Thomas Sy at California State University at Long Beach examined the effects of a leader's mood on a group. They took 189 volunteer undergraduates, divided them into 63 groups of...

Since it falls under the heading of cruel and unusual punishment, I won't subject anyone to the video of Sean Hannity interviewing Sarah Palin yesterday. For the masochistic, News Hounds has it. But here's some of what Palin said in response to President Obama telling NBC's Brian Williams that there is a "network of misinformation" which keeps alive non-news like his birth certificate and his religion. "I was pretty appalled at that notion that Brian...

Thanks to Shortstuff for the inspiration! Unlike many of the talking heads who now appear on various "news" shows, Edward R. Murrow was a journalist with integrity who not only fought for free speech, but for TRUTH in journalism as well. He once said at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago in 1958 to a group of fellow journalists: "It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to...

An SAT-like question: Which of the following is unlike the others?A. George WashingtonB. Abraham LincolnC. Frederick DouglassD. Thomas EdisonE. Henry FordF. Martin Luther King Jr. H. "Goldline" Glenn BeckI. There is no difference, they're all great figures in American history.If you answered "I" either your name is Glenn Beck or you're one of the sheep on the way to Washington for the great Saturday fleecing. Watch as much as you can of this promotional video...

... written in 1949 by Rogers and Hammerstein"South Pacific received scrutiny for its commentary regarding relationships between different races and ethnic groups. In particular, 'You've Got to Be Carefully Taught' was subject to widespread criticism, judged by some to be too controversial or downright inappropriate for the musical stage. Sung by the character Lieutenant Cable, the song is preceded by a lyric saying racism is "not born in you! It happens after you're born...' " You've...