I honor his accomplishments, but for god’s sake can we shut up about Lance Armstrong already?
Archive - 25-Jun-04
AirBeagleIrritating Jacket Blurb of the Month
This appears on the front cover of the hyped-to-death Karen Joy Fowler novel The Jane Austen Book Club (Miss Austen would be most amused by her post-mortem fan club; or maybe mortified). What does this even mean...
Shorter <em>New York Times Book Review</em>
Reading it so you don’t have to ….. A full-page ad hawking Toni Morrison’s new line of handsome paperback editions of her novels “with deeply personal forewords reflecting on each work.”...
Northwest Threatens Employees
‘Northwest Airlines is threatening to discipline, and possibly fire, union employees if they proceed with picketing that questions the safety and security of Northwest flights, according to a letter the airline...
Man Who Exposed Flaws Gets Probation
The man who exposed serious security flaws in airport security was « sentenced to probation this week »: ‘A college student who says he hid box cutters on airplanes to expose weaknesses in...
Smells Like Desperation
United is reporting that « it lost $94 million in May alone »: ‘United Airlines said in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday that it posted a net loss of $93 million in May its efforts to...
Private Screeners Return
So after all the wrangling and expense, not to mention the Republicans’ largest expansion of the federal government in American history, « airport screening is being returned to the private...
