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Tales from Twitter

SO MANY HEADLINES, SO FEW CHARACTERS

By Matt Hooper
What a week to reintroduce one’s self to Twitter. When the micro-blogging trend achieved white-hot heat back in 2008, I was there.
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A response to Tipping Point

By Matt Hooper
We received this response to Matt Hooper’s column “Tipping Point” from Nathan Barret, who runs the Spring Street Fire House DIY music venue here in Birmingham, and felt we should share it, and Mr. Hooper’s response, with you.
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State of the race

FEATURING JON HUNTSMAN, THE GUY WHO BELIEVES IN SCIENCE

By Matt Hooper
Hey, 440 some-odd days until the 2012 election! Excited yet? Sure you are! Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll, a black guy is running for the GOP nomination and Christine O’Donnell is walking off the set of Piers Morgan Tonight. It’s a great time to be alive.
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The tipping point

YOUR GUIDE TO THE COMING SOCIETAL APOCALYPSE

By Matt Hooper
A couple of weeks ago, while I was knee-deep in deciphering the debt ceiling debacle, I ran across a disturbing AP story out of Philadelphia.
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Border wars

THE METRO CROSSPLEX BECOMES JUST A CROSSPLEX

By Matt Hooper
Before we get started, I need to fire off a few letters. Dear People Who Swim and Run Fast, That’s excellent that you can do what you do. I mean, wow, you’re awesome.
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Minority rules

DEBT, DEFAULT AND THE ART OF THE ONE-SIDED COMPROMISE

By Matt Hooper
Well, OK then. So much for the grand bargain. This past weekend had to be the most uninspiring stretch of time to be an American since...well, maybe Watergate or the Clinton impeachment. No wonder we couldn’t get our form of government to take hold in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Been there, done that, let’s do something else

By Matt Hooper
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Sarah Palin’s Lipstick

THE FORMER GOVERNOR ELICITS ADVICE FROM A TRUSTED ADVISOR

By Matt Hooper
It’s a summer afternoon in Alaska, and GOP/Tea Party matriarch Sarah Palin is alone in her home, talking to her most trusted advisor and best friend. You get to eavesdrop. Lucky you. (Boilerplate, boilerplate...not real, no sue, etc., etc.)