Posts Tagged ‘ seung-hui cho ’

Write and Wrong, Part II

Jun 5th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave those kids alone! -- Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 (The Wall, 1979) In Part I of this series, I talked about a trend I’ve noticed in the ...read more


Write and Wrong, Part I

May 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Currencies, Macro Economics
In the six weeks that have passed since the major TV news networks neutered their coverage of the troubled Virginia Tech student who single-handedly authored in blood the most brutal chapter in American mass-murder history, we’ve learned almost nothing about Seung-Hui Cho in mainstream sources… And as you may already know, ...read more


Machiavelli in the Anchor’s Chair

May 15th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
In the wake of the worst-in-American-history murderous rampage on Virginia Tech's campus, I was surprised at the so-called "backlash" against the media (NBC in particular) for explicit coverage of the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho -- and stunned with the major TV networks' universal caving in to it. And I don't mind ...read more