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Muckraking and Mudslinging…the American Way…

October 21, 2020October 19, 2020 / thejohnfoster / Leave a comment

Muckraking and mudslinging are as American as Mom and apple pie.

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Why Isn’t it “Ghun ghor Ghoster”

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 / thejohnfoster / Leave a comment

Johnny-on-the-Spot Back in the day, when we would travel, I'd always pack "Word Jumble" and "Word Find" books. As I worked on one, I'd make a brief note on the page about the day and time and have some quick reflection on something happening. We still have many of those books with "puzzles" yet to … Continue reading Why Isn’t it “Ghun ghor Ghoster”

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Debating is the Issue…

October 7, 2020October 3, 2020 / thejohnfoster / Leave a comment

Johnny-on-the-Spot The first Presidential debate ended with in predictable results. The Trump supporters said their man won while the Biden backers claimed he did the better job. Can we all agree it was something less than the Lincoln/Douglas "gold standard of debates" which occurred in 1858? Those 7 sessions in that hotly-contested Illinois Senate race … Continue reading Debating is the Issue…

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One Hit Wonders…

September 30, 2020September 28, 2020 / thejohnfoster / Leave a comment

Johnny-on-the-Spot One of the special days we celebrated in September was "One-Hit Wonders Day". Being a musician and a radio worker, the charm of "one-hit wonders" is somewhat special to me. By definition, a one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the … Continue reading One Hit Wonders…

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Time to Eat, Grandma!

September 23, 2020September 27, 2020 / thejohnfoster / Leave a comment

Johnny-on-the-Spot Two years ago, I took a moment to write about "Punctuation Day" which is celebrated near the middle of each September. Those 14 little marks, often ignored or misused, can be awfully powerful. Most acknowledge 14 punctuation marks. We have the period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, semi-colon, colon, dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, … Continue reading Time to Eat, Grandma!

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