By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 8:00 am Filed Under: Communication, Education, Words Have Meaning
This story (page 1 of Friday’s WSJ) takes the cake. And it’s the last line that sums up why I’m frustrated by it:
We just want to make it [English] a little easier to spell.
Changing the spelling of words to be phonetically exacting is just wrong. That way, you don’t have to know to spell “there”, [...]
But Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) thinks it can. Living in Iowa, we occasionally receive a nice email from the Senator letting us know how he is scr- uh, helping us with his work. Here’s his latest missive, arriving just this afternoon…
Dear Friends,
Many working families are being saddled with higher costs at the grocery [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:15 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Banks, Barack Obama, Business, Democratic Party, Economy, Federal Reserve, Hillary Clinton, Markets, Mortgages, Recession
Well, Hillary appears to be attempting to make EVERYONE happy.
More government money to rescue folks who simply bought more house than they could afford. According to a Wall Street Journal story Tuesday, Hillary proposes:
Freezing Forclosures for 90 days
Freezing Interest-rate Resets on Sub-primes for 5 years
Establish a $30 billion fund so states and cities can [...]