http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/ On media, politics, general stupidity, and occasionally, me. en-us Copyright 2007 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:34:51 -0500 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:56:32 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Well, this has been coming for a couple of months, but I've decided to shut down blogJosh. I started blogging in April 2004, about eight months after I left Reminder Publications. I needed a place to write, to express views,... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/02/thanks.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/02/thanks.html Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:34:51 -0500 http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/come_home_to_sy.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/come_home_to_sy.html Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:22:16 -0500 Monday is the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. In celebration, it's also Blog for Choice Day. It's happened again recently: I've had to explain to someone that "pro-choice" does not equal "pro-abortion." Most people who are pro-choice believe that... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/blog_for_choice.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/blog_for_choice.html Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:58:07 -0500 Political columnist/humorist Art Buchwald died last night, apparently of kidney failure. He was 81. He will be missed. Oh boy, will he.... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/so_long_art.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/so_long_art.html Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:27:30 -0500 You all know how I love anonymous sources. Here's a gem from today's WaPo: Washington will host the 2007 WNBA All-Star Game, a source with knowledge of the situation said yesterday. Couldn't have waited until next Tuesday's press conference, huh?... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/dumbass_anonymo.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/dumbass_anonymo.html Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:51:48 -0500 Meet Dan Gulley Jr. The 70-year old spent Wednesday in the Escambia County (Alabama) Jail after shooting 62-year old David James Brooks Jr. Brooks shot at his friend Gulley, as well, but missed. The two were arguing over James Brown's... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/another_argumen.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/another_argumen.html Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:03:48 -0500 Leave it up to abortion doctor killer James Kopp to tell you what it isn't: Kopp used his opening statement to tell jurors that Slepian's death was "a full-bore, 100 percent tragedy" but was not murder because it was not... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/what_is_premedi.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/what_is_premedi.html Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:11:14 -0500 Also at Alive in CNY. In addition to that giant mall expansion we've been going on and on about, there's a smaller Pyramid Companies proposal we haven't touched on much: The Destiny Research and Development Park. The proposal was for... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/victory_for_sal.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/victory_for_sal.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:31:19 -0500 The Academy of Music in Northampton, Mass., is closing. They finished showing movies last night, and once the current music/stage schedule is finished, the doors will be shut until the 117-year old theater can pay off its $100,000 debt and... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/save_the_academ.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/save_the_academ.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:07:14 -0500 Also at Alive in CNY. Hi ho. We're back. Miss us? Happy new year. For the first time, I rang it in with friends from Syracuse (and one from New Jersey, with whom I've also never rung in the new... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/development_in.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2007/01/development_in.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:18:43 -0500 Via Postsecret.... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/freedumb.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/freedumb.html Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:30:17 -0500 you may have noticed the severe lack of posting lately. we're working on a writing project or three on deadline; we'll be back after the first of the year. have a happy and safe holiday season! in the meantime, if... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/briefish_hiatus.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/briefish_hiatus.html Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:17:08 -0500 Have you seen iMeem yet? I'm just starting to play with it. Check out my page, and feel free to stick the playlist on your blog. It'll look (and sound) like this:... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/music_now_on_im.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/music_now_on_im.html Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:04:09 -0500 Originally posted on Quick Hits from Syracuse.com. Today is World AIDS Day. Back in 1981, doctors started seeing a strange virus they would later dub Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), which they discovered led to an incurable disease they called Acquired... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/world_aids_day.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/12/world_aids_day.html Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:04:01 -0500 I've always been of split opinion on this. Should everyone get a vote? Or should we not allow people who have no idea what's going on to vote? I mean, like these people (mp3), including one who identifies herself as... http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/11/thats_it_we_nee.html http://joshshear.com/blogjosh/archives/2006/11/thats_it_we_nee.html Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:34:18 -0500