Archive for the ‘Freelining’ Category

Freelining with Mike Freeman: The hopeless urge for premature spin.

Psst. Hey, did you hear? It’s already over. Yes, you know what I’m talking about. The presidential election is over …. no, not 2012, but 2016. It’s already been decided. If there’s one way to spot a die-hard political junkie, it’s to see how much spin they generate in the days following a presidential election. [...]

Freelining with Mike Freeman: Notorious Oscar snubs.

When the 85th annual Academy Award nominations got announced, the list presented an intriguing mix of the thoroughly predictable and “What the ….” startling. As the highly anticipated biggies like “Lincoln” and “Les Miserable” were revealed to be going up against one another for the Best Picture nod, a lot more attention has since been [...]

Freelining with Mike Freeman: The sorry state of job fairs.

It seems like every time I read about the state of the economy, it’s being viewed almost entirely through the prism of politics. Last Friday, the unemployment rate for December came out, showing that 155,000 jobs got created nationally, while the jobless rate held steady at 7.8 percent. For those who think this was a [...]

Freelining with Mike Freeman: The purist versus the weathervane.

It says something about our passion for politics — despite enduring months of a tedious onslaught of political commercials in this critical swing state — that the 2012 election is only a few weeks behind us and we’ve already started a new dialogue about the 2014 midterms. The hottest speculation, of course, is the governor’s [...]

Freelining with Mike Freeman: The Rehabilitation of Roman Polanski.

Second acts are not easy things to accomplish. Show biz is littered with singers, actors and comedians who were hot for a moment, and then public tastes changed, and they faded off into one-hit wonder status. It’s a lot harder to claim a second act, though, when confronted with scandal rather than a fickle audience. [...]

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