Monthly Archives: January 2008

Best Use of Metallica’s ‘One’ in a Public Radio Story

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 23 January 2008
Photo by Daniella Zalcman under CC license. “Chronically Homeless See New Woes in New Orleans”, by Joseph Shapiro. I heard it this morning around 3:15 a.m. when I flipped over my Zune and tuned to NPR after being awoken by violent sounds from a movie playing too loud in the next room. These are the stories that [...]
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Jumping the Shark: Internet Dating Style

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 22 January 2008
My mother doesn’t understand why I’ve quit all attempts at meeting girls via Nerve, OKCupid, JDate and the like. It just never (OK – rarely) seemed to work out. So this morning I have officially jumped the Internet dating shark as my dear friend Caroline began a contest in which three lucky ladies will win one of [...]
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In Nevada, Obama Manages to Stay Ahead by ‘Losing’

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 19 January 2008
After the past two presidential elections, the media should know better than to call a winner based purely on popular vote, especially in the national — electoral college scene and in states with weighted caucuses. According to both the Nation and the data at WaPo, Obama had 11 first place finished and 6 second place. [...]
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