Author Archives: hro50ta1

Nothing new here

Posted on April 16, 2011 by hro50ta1

More tax cuts would be gluttony in a time of starvation. That is not America. That is a nation about to be plundered, and a people laid to waste. — Charles M. Blow, The New York Times, April 16, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Al and Paul agree

Posted on April 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

This article appeared a couple years ago on my less-than-hacker-proof and now-defunct blog, howtostopabankrun.com. By Joel Thurtell Ain’t it neat? Al and  Paul agree. Al is Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who got it all wrong … Continue reading →

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Blog fusion

Posted on April 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Hackers broke into all of my blogs except JOTR last winter, posting a taunt about my lack of “security.” Apparently, they proved some kind of point to their satisfaction. The effect on me was to make me … Continue reading →

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Cross Purposes — a biting satire on newspapers

Posted on April 14, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Floyd Inkjet JOTR Books Editor Who would have thought of assigning American newspapers to cover the crucifixion? Award-winning newspaper reporter Joel Thurtell has achieved a literary tour de force with his portrayal of this journalistic challenge in his debut … Continue reading →

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Book talks

Posted on April 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

Northville District Library, 7 p.m., April 13. Joel Thurtell will lecture on the 27-mile canoe trip he made in 2005 with Patricia Beck up the Rouge River. Their journey was the subject of a Wayne State University Press book, UP … Continue reading →

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Fury coming, past and present

Posted on April 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I have my old friend Barbara Stanton O’Hair to thank for my current reading program. Barb is the longtime sparkplug and mainstay of Bookies, a book club of mostly former Detroit Free Press writers who meet episodically … Continue reading →

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Plugging their ears

Posted on April 11, 2011 by hro50ta1

The strike took an unusually nasty tone. — The New York Times, April 4, 2011, writing about the strike of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians By Joel Thurtell Strikes are by their nature nasty things. Maybe the Times art critic who … Continue reading →

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Covering (or not) the oldest profession

Posted on April 8, 2011 by hro50ta1

After her daughter went missing in late 1996, Patricia Barone, 67, tried to get news media outlets in Poughkeepsie to cover the story. Most declined. The body of her daughter, Gina Barone, 29, was discovered nearly two years later,…in a … Continue reading →

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Beaten to the punch

Posted on April 3, 2011 by hro50ta1

By JOTR Staff We were still editing a long-winded review by JOTR books editor Floyd Inkjet of a new book by this blog’s founder when amazon stole a march on us. The books were still in transit from the printer … Continue reading →

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Fantasy JOA, Round Two

Posted on March 30, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Guess I was ahead of my time. I could have won myself ten thousand big ones if I’d just been a little patient. But now, I had to shoot off my big mouth. Actually, I’m glad I … Continue reading →

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