I had a discussion with 3 strangers in a bar about how America was smart inside the beltway but the reason that candidates could get elected with catchphrases and by spending a lot of money on advertising was because a lot of Middle America is stupid.
One woman said, “no, Middle America isn’t dumb, that’s just what [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Could Virginia be getting smarter?
September 2, 2008
Why I love the Print Media
September 2, 2008
I have a confession to make: Even though I find it rewarding that these words are transmitted to the internet to a mass audience, my dream would be if these words could be written and transmitted to you via the print media. The print media is losing out to the world of blogs and other forms of internet [...]
The Maryland state fair vs. a Midwestern state fair
September 2, 2008
In the last 2 weeks, I’ve attempted to visit three state fairs (Indiana, Minnesota, and Maryland) and successfully made it to two of them (didn’t catch the Indiana State Fair, they closed an hour early the day I arrived). To put this in context, I was recently on a road trip where I passed through Indiana and [...]
