Daily Archives: March 10, 2003

Fred Rogers stories continue

Society

Since my earlier article on Fred Rogers, A Lesson on Influencing Adults, more people have been doing stories on Fred and his impact (or not) to people.

One of the best was Diane Rehm’s interview with Fred Rogers last December (direct link to RealAudio file here). It was a very touching hour of radio.

Kuro5hin carries an article with Fred Rogers’ theory on corporate corruption, and sparks decidedly mixed reviews from readers. There’s even a link to Paul Harvey on Fred Rogers. Just goes to show you that a commentator I normally can’t stand (Harvey) can occasionally have something interesting to say.

House Dems Proove Bush a Liar?

Politics

The Democratic members of the House Appropriations committee have created a webpage cross-referencing Bush speech quotes with his legislative proposals, and it ain’t lookin’ good for W.

However, the wacky trenchcoat graphics and huge typeface, along with the page’s title — “The Photographic History of the Bush Administration Putting Its Mouth Where Its Money Isn’t” makes me wonder whether this should better be in the Humor category. Not just that, but we don’t know if the speech info is taken out of conext. So take it with a grain of salt. (Yes, that URL does reside on house.gov)