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• Chapter 1 vs. Chapter 11

  I came across a full-page Wall Street Journal ad, in my routine "why have I saved this?" home downsizing. The headline played on a Chapter 11 filing by scratching out one of the one's. But listen to some of the content and then see what business placed Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2010 10:48 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Wall Street Journal, Community Medical Centers, United Airlines, General Motors, Ford

• What we are -- and ain't

  The scene: Hank Swank's driving range in Clovis, the dense fog of 8 a.m. Sunday. A solitary figure wearing an incongruous Pebble Beach hat addresses the ball -- go that way, please. Not a soul around. Sixty or seventy swings later, sweating, he drives Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:10 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hank Swank, Wall Street Journal, asthma, albuterol, Ne York Times Gail Collins, Mississippi, mulligans

• When zigging, zagging can hurt

  It was one of those weeks. First listening to Mayor Swearengin extol downtown revitalization from my seat behind a pillar at the Grand. Later, behind a palm tree watching Gov. Schwarzenegger hype the advent in years (and billions of dollars) ahead of Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:44 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Wall Street Journal, Fresno County, Community Medical Centers, diabetes, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Mayor Ashley Swearengin

• 10 topics for cocktail chat

  Some serious. Some odd. See if these fill the gaps in your holiday party chatter. Last year, 40% of National Football League games included advertising for erectile dysfunction drugs. (Wall Street Journal) It costs about $1 million a year for each soldier Read More... Posted Friday, December 18, 2009 7:52 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Modern Healthcare, Wall Street Journal, Fresno

• 2-page look at a whacky world

  From Pages A-2 and A-3 of the Aug. 11, 2009 Wall Street Journal: "Health debate isn't about health," a column suggesting that heat-of-the-moment rather than reasonable thinking is ruling the raucous forums on health insurance. "Corrections & Amplifications" Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:38 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Wall Street Journal, health care reform, homeless, cash for clunkers, Audemars Piguet watch

• What's next: 2-sided toilet seats?

  Remember the old kerfluffle about the Pentagon paying $100 for a certain jet toilet seat? Well, in a turnabout of sorts, the Wall Street Journal is reporting how the government is shaving excessive costs from its pork barrel. On Page One story July 29, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:35 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Wall Street Journal, government waste

• Hate Vegas, love Fargo?

  New commandments for federal employees. If you're skedding a conference: Pick a travel hub. Make it low cost. And avoid resorts. So, the Wall Street Journal reports, to avoid any potential appearance of having fun, some federal agencies are telling staff Read More... Posted Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:46 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Wall Street Journal, Las Vegas, Fargo

• Paper trained

  It's been a monthlong experiment. Going cold turkey, no home-delivered newspapers. First time in my adult life. No Wall Street Journal. No New York Times. No wafer-thin Fresno Bee. I canceled them all. But I'm surrendering. I can't blame the bird. She Read More... Posted Monday, May 11, 2009 3:43 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Facebook, Twitter, Fresnosn