One of the great, abiding myths of our times is the enduring fable of the American Dream. So what is the American Dream? The American Dream postulates that no matter your origins or social class, there are no limits to how high you can soar if you set your sights high and work hard in […]
Update: Telugu Bidda Arvind Mahankali is 2013 Spelling Bee Champion Here’s my prediction for the 2013 Spelling Bee contest. If it’s not a Dum Biryani (Telugu), it’ll be an Idli-Sambar (Tamil) who will take the top honors at the 2013 Spelling Bee championship. The 86th Spelling Bee competition will take place from May 28-30 at […]
Statistics put out today by the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics show that in Amazing America, jail occupancy rates are far higher than hotel occupancy rates. Justice Department statistics show jail occupancy rate stood at 84% in mid-2012 (latest period for which statistics are available). Unlike federal or state prisons, jails are usually […]
For how much longer will Vivek Bhardwaj, BlackBerry’s Head of Software have a job? If I were to guess, not more than 12-months to 18-months. My prediction is that BlackBerry is in an unstoppable death spiral that will snatch not just Vivek Bhardwaj’s job but eviscerate many, many jobs at the Canadian company. Blackberry – […]
Any time we open a digital media news blog, we read about the cord-cutters (those who have pulled the plug on cable) in America making life miserable for large cable companies like Comcast, Cablevision, RoadRunner etc. So where are the hoi polloi going for their entertainment fix every night then? Besides online porn, that is. […]
They’re a rotten crowd…You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together. – Nick Carraway’s parting words to Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby If you have not read F.Scott Fitzgerald’s so-called masterpiece The Great Gatsby, you’re not likely to be able to make much sense of this movie. The wild, overflowing parties, the music, the […]