Author Archives: Steve Maley

Where news and entertainment content in the media were once distinct and exclusive domains, the demarcation have become blurred. Fox News reports American Idol results as hard news, while Saturday night network programming is given over to the Suburban Housewife … Continue reading →

“Britain’s rapidly dwindling gas supplies will be boosted by the arrival of a giant tanker from the Arabian Gulf tomorrow, as the unseasonably severe March weather continues to place increasing demands on the National Grid. … “The continuing wintry weather … Continue reading →

Finally saw Zero Dark Thirty.Wow. More ambiguous on torture than led to believe.From watching, just had feeling of immense pride. — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 24, 2013

Headlines for the week ending March 22, 2013: Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracts $1.2 billion North Dakota oil production reaches new high in 2012 Chevron Corporation overtakes Royal Dutch Shell plc Anadarko Deepwater Well Encounters More Than 1,000 … Continue reading →

http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=9065999&type=story SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Steve Davis, Oklahoma’s starting quarterback when it won back-to-back national championships in the 1970s, was one of two people killed when a small aircraft smashed into three homes in northern Indiana, officials said Monday. … … Continue reading →

"North Korean soldiers with weapons attend military training in an undisclosed location in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang March 11, 2013. South Korea and U.S. forces are conducting large-scale military drills until the … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.html?hp&_r=0&pagewanted=print “Top low-income students in the nation’s 15 largest metropolitan areas do often apply to selective colleges, according to the study, which was based on test scores, self-reported data, and census and other data for the high school class of … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/us/17ethanol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0&pagewanted=print Days of Promise Fade for Ethanol “Nearly 10 percent of the nation’s ethanol plants have stopped production over the past year, in part because the drought that has ravaged much of the nation’s crops pushed commodity prices so high … Continue reading →