Aug. 21: Clothes, bloggers and the Orange Bowl

*Clothes make the candidate
I really didn’t want to address the issue of
you-know-who, but the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s
reader representative does a good job of it, so I’ll
post the link to her column:

http://www.startribune.com/161/story/1369022.html

And I agree.

*Can bloggers report?
Interesting column about bloggers by Michael Skube in
today’s LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-skube19aug19,1,7873849.story?coll=la-news-comment

I don’t agree, however, that a blogger would not have
been capable of uncovering the scope of the scandal at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A blogger who is also
a journalist, who understands the ins and outs of
uncovering records and who is a good writer and
reporter, could do so. Indeed, part of blogging can be
to report.
Incidentally, here’s Jay Rosen’s reply:

http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2007/08/21/help_make_my_bl.html

*Telling it like it is, indeed
Yay, Charlie Reed:

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/21/State/Ex_chancellor_Reed_pu.shtml

All that, and the skyrocketing of tuition fees since
the pre-Jeb days…..I don’t quite agree that Bright
Futures was a dumb idea, but the distribution of it,
without taking family income into account, is. The
state would do well by making it proportional to need.

*No more OB
I can't say I'm terribly surprised that the University of Miami decided that the Hurricanes will soon start playing their football games in what I still call Joe Robbie Stadium, instead of the Orange Bowl. The city spent a couple of decades, going back to the tenure of the inept, corrupt former City Manager Cesar Odio, neglecting the needs of its sports teams, including the Baltimore Orioles for spring training and the Dolphins and Hurricanes at the OB. Only by the grace of former Dade Mayor Alex Penelas, the Miami Heat stayed in the city, but the relatively new Miami Arena was rendered useless.
Now the city is negotiating with the Marlins about a new baseball facility. I'm still not convinced, between the ineptness of some in the city and the intransigence of Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and team president David Samson.
How intransigent? Not only wouldn't they bring back Jeff Conine so he could retire in the uniform he should, but now he's a Met. Yuck.

*Ashes not to ashes?
I know journalists aren’t getting much respect these
days, but this is ridiculous:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=648982