With all of her spoiler goodness written so well, how can you pick just one of Jackie's
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CULTURE
From Culture Editor Diana Hartman:
From Editor DJRadiohead:
Another excellent installment of The Mondo Mugwump Letters from The Duke De Mondo and Aaron Fleming.
From Film Editor Erin McMaster:
Jared Wright's trip to The Big Apple helps those of us with sight realize just how much we take for granted when traveling in big cities.
POLITICS
From Politics Editor Dave Nalle:Israel, The Left, And History Don't Mix by Richard Marcus
How to Turn a Red State Blue by Staci Schoff
From Asst. Politics Editor Mark Schannon:
Execution Date Could Present South Dakotans With Philosophical Quandry by Tim Gebhart is an excellent example of the contradictions inherent in being for capital punishment and against abortion.
British Muslims Wrong Answer by Al Barger is a pointed challenge to the British Muslims to take a firm stance against terrorism rather than attack British policies.
Peace in Our Time: History Repeats Itself As A Farce by Apollo. Appeasing the Nazis didn't work; appeasing Arab terrorist and terrorist states won't work either.
News Analysis from Israel: Mr. Olmert's Little War and the Winds of Change by Ruvy in Jerusalem is a detailed and provocative examination of conditions inside Israel and the politics of war.
SPORTS
From Sports Editor Matthew T. Sussman:The All-Haiku Top-10 College Football Poll by Sal Marinello
GAMING
Why Gaming is Serious Business by Joey Alarilla The death of E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) as we know it notwithstanding, the future is bright for gaming.Video Game Industry in New Fight: Rockstar's Bully May Have T Rating by Matt Paprocki Could the industry be heading for a PR disaster because of the ESRB?
PS2 Review: Real World Golf by Aaron Auzins An entertaining and less-frustrating take on realistic golfing. Matt also reviewed this game.
SCI/TECH
From Executive Producer Eric Berlin:
John Guilfoil turns in damned fine work with Fox + MySpace + Google = $$$, which adds up the ones and twos of the deals and wheels between the current tech-media heavyweights. The sum, we learn, is mega-billions.
Article comments
1 - Mat Brewster
Thanks for the pick Connie. I guess I'm out of the hair metal closet for good.
2 - Glen Boyd
So here we have the rather "quiet" return of the editors picks. Anyway, nice to see this feature back (even if none of my pearls of journalistic wisdom for the week got picked...LOL).
Hope everybody had fun in Vegas too. I'll see y'all next year...finances and location permitting...
-Glen
3 - Mayank Austen Soofi
What! No me! Oh oh oh. Ah ah ah. ha ha ha. Congratulations to last week's best bloggers.
4 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Mark, thank you. When do I get my free bottle of Hennessey's Cognac?
5 - Tim Gebhart
I'd been on a dry streak for quite a while for the picks. I, of course, attribute that to the increasing quality of what's being posted rather than a decline or rut in my writing.
Thanks to Natalie and Mark for breaking it with a pick in two different categories, including one that strays from my usual stomping grounds
6 - Al Barger
Thank you.
7 - Jet in Columbus
Did I miss the picks for Aug 1-8?
8 - Lisa McKay
I didn't run them last week, Jet. Many of us, myself included, were about to head out to Las Vegas, so we took the week off.
9 - Jet in Columbus
Lisa you just can't stop rubbing it in that you all went to Vegas without us can you? Next time I'm going to throw a huge party and raid the liquor cabinet while your gone and leave the house in a big mess.
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10 - Phillip Winn
Or, Jet, I don't know -- you could come along!
11 - gonzo marx
bah...they won't even let me near Vegas...
but i digress...
Congratz to all!
Excelsior?
12 - Jared Wright
Wow, big thanks, both to Diana and Erin. Glad you've found the writing engaging! Definitely an encouraging way to start my stay at BC.
13 - Staci Schoff
Thanks Dave --- how very cool!
14 - Anna Creech
Thanks, Erin! I generally try to avoid coming off as a crazed fan.
15 - Richard Marcus
Thanks Dave for the pick, and Connie too. Both articles were fun to write for entirely different reasons...
cheers
Richard
16 - Mayank Austen Soofi
Richard, how do you manage to write so well-written articles almost on a daily basis? Do you have a collection of them? Do thoughts just happen to you?
17 - Apollo
Thank you :)
18 - S.Rod
DJR: Thank you for picking the Magic Junk Radio Podcast! You have excellent taste. ;)
19 - John Guilfoil
Thanks again for the pick!!