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...Well, yes, actually, he did misinterpret the Games' cultural significance - namely, that they came at a moment when a good chunk of young people were getting a little bored with football and baseball, while even more were on skateboards practicing their Ollies in mall parking lots across the country. ESPN spent a reported $10 million on the 1995 X Games, drawing some 200,000 spectators to the competition held in Rhode Island. Hailed (by ESPN) as a huge success, the Games, originally planned to be biennial, were quickly rescheduled to be held every year. In 1996, marketers promoted the remonickered...
...paper has also dispatched general-assignment reporter Dan Richman to cover the story, with Andrea James pitching in. Richman declined to discuss his plans, though some of the columnists have not been so coy. The news "hit like a chunk of loose viaduct," wrote sports columnist Art Thiel. "I expected to react to this somber state of affairs by getting drunk, but I haven't," wrote fellow sports columnist Jim Moore. Editorial cartoonist David Horsey, who, as McCumber puts it, legally owns two Pulitzers, observed that owning a newspaper is "quite suddenly a sucker...
...President-elect Barack Obama prepares to throw money at the current downturn - a stimulus package starting at about $800 billion, plus the second $350 billion chunk of the financial bailout - we all really do seem to be Keynesians now. Just about every expert agrees that pumping $1 trillion into a moribund economy will rev up the ethereal goods-and-services engine that Keynes called "aggregate demand" and stimulate at least some short-term activity, even if it is all wasted on money pits. (See pictures of the recession...
...Granted, a leader’s ability to inspire shouldn’t be underestimated, and Caroline Kennedy’s star power could well bring a good chunk of federal funding to New York. But the most fundamental part of representing a constituency is voting for them. Even in times of uncertainty, Americans need to step far enough back from political celebrities to keep sight of where they are leading us. Some may be shocked to discover that admiration is not always synonymous with agreement...
...requesting his extension, Fitzgerald seems to have handed Blagojevich lead attorney Edward Genson a good chunk of information to play with before April 7. Just how will Genson and his team defend the governor against the charge that he attempted to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat and other corruption allegations...