Because Mr. Don (I’d Rather Be Up North Kayaking Than Sitting Behind My Desk) Rush took off most of last week, here’s a ‘gem? of a column he penned in 2012 (published September 5) about a fast fading social norm . . . respect. From the great wilderness Rush wrote us this note to pass […]
Fillin? in. That’s what I did this past weekend and unexpected, that’s what it was. Why would a fashion maven, world-wide-web communicator type, ask a truly undiscriminating eye to pinch-hit on a fashion blog? I chalk it up to desperate times call for desperate measures. ‘Have fun,? the fashion maven said. ‘Be yourself. Use our […]
Let me put this out, up front before we get too far into what will probably turn out to be a classic Don Rush Diatribe (DRD for those who like communicating in text lingo). I don’t really ‘hate? anything. I even hate saying the word ‘hate.? I do, however, find it quite easy to type, […]
Last month was Community Paper Month here in Michigan and across the vast fruited plains o? America. We had a contest for folks to write an essay on community papers and got some good ones, too. One that was late (more on that one later) didn’t make the cut for the 50 greenbacks I dangled […]
Well, I reckon we Americans will get a few moments respite from the most shallow of all advertising. No, it’s not the end of sweeps week on television, so the self-promoting TV spots about all the ‘awesome? shows have not ended. I’m going on about political advertising. This past Tuesday was the 2014 Primary Election. […]
At then end of June I asked folks to submit wee-little essays on the role of community newspapers here in our community. This was to showcase Community Paper Month. I sweetened the pot and said I would throw in $50 for my favorite essay. And, wouldn’t you know it — hotdamn — a number of […]
‘Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend – without a song.? — Elvis Presely * * * I think something is terribly wrong with me. This revelation started to show itself this past winter (you remember, the […]
You know, it wasn’t that long ago (actually it was exactly one year and four months ago — I know, cuz I just looked it up) that I railed against the ominous intrusion in our lives that was then and is now Facebook. On March 13, 2013 wrote I, ‘Facebook is taking over folks’ lives. […]
I wrote this bit of a slacker-post-holiday Don’t Rush Me column, last Tuesday. Then I erased it (or, more honestly, back spaced over the already typed letters) and decided a different tact. The tact I chose is questioning and then going off the reservation to pose a fantastical situation that will never come to pass […]
With little fanfare or excitement or coverage by any electronic media platform known to man or woman, July waltzed into our lives as Community Newspaper Month. Across these fruited plains community papers, free and paid, with and without news are ‘sposed to stop, and take a bow. It ain’t gonna? happen. Community paper people are […]