A reader pointed out a good article in Chicago Magazine by John Conroy, “A Mugging on Lake Street.” It’s a bit heartbreaking to learn that John Conroy, whose name I recognize as a quality journalist, doesn’t have a regular gig. But at least he got this assignment. Too bad it all started with Conroy getting jumped while riding his bike…
Here’s an interesting website about my brother’s home of Amsterdam. It’s specifically in response to Bill O’Reilly’s lies about Amsterdam. In case you think everyone is always wearing orange and dancing, Queens Day only happens once a year. But it is a pretty impressive day. And the boat-ride video makes me kind of homesick. I know those canals well. But…
Not so well, according to Pete Guither. Specifically with regard to the 17 people killed in a rehab clinic in Juarez. At least they’ll never take drugs again.
“‘Come here,’ Rags told John. John refused, earning himself a time out in handcuffs. And a ticket for littering…. There are bigger fish in the sea of criminality. But sometimes, the little fish make themselves hard to toss back into the water.” That gem of a line is from Pepper Spray Me.
Along with Neill Franklin, I’ll be broadcast on Baltimore’s “Maryland Morning” tomorrow (Friday) at 9:05am (Eastern Time). In Charm City WYPR is 88.1 FM. Or you can listen to live streaming here.
The R.O.X.A.N.N.E. The whole Roxanne’s Revenge story? Rap teen took advantage of a minor clause in her contract to have the evil record company pay for all her education up to an including her Ivy-League PhD? Reported in Blender and more recently the Daily News? The feel good story of 2008 for the old-school hip hop world? I didn’t post…
Ta-Nehisi Coates has an interesting post about the death penalty and “innocent” people on death row. I assume it’s inspired by this storyin the New Yorker. I feel the need to highlight the case of Roger Keith Coleman, a man claimed innocence to the end, and whose case was murky enough that it garnered this cover story from TIME back…
This isn’t new. But it happened in the Eastern and only know did I discover (thanks to a colleague of mine) the Timearticle.