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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

Enough with the details. Please.

One week after the shootings in Tucson, I think the media has finally hit rock bottom with its coverage.   CNN.com and other media outlets are now having a field day reporting that Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman, posed in a red g-string holding a semi-automatic weapon in front of his crotch or groin (word choice depending on which story you read).  The idea that there’s even a word choice here makes my stomach hurt.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

Civics and Theatricality

I find myself in a hotel room in Miami, Florida writing this very first entry to my new blog, part of my 2011 goal to develop a writing habit. I’ve been struggling to get started, facing the fear of thinking that I have to say something new and innovative with every post that goes up on this bloody thing, and I’ve decided to just write and see what comes up.

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