Blog Posts by Mike Fak http://www.ProBlogs.com/mike-fak en-us Republicans Straddle Hypocrisy but Democrats Can't Throw Stones http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3376" The Republicans are having a hard time (pardon my choice of words) explaining why Idaho Senator Larry Craig is being shunned by everyone in his party all the while Senator David Vitter, D- La... NBC's To Catch a Predator. Journalism or a Television Show http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3388" Eighteen months ago, NBC News and Reporter Chris Hansen aired a remarkable work about on-line predators roaming the internet looking for children. The story, showed NBC, with the aid of a group... 501 Reasons Why Jim Thome Belongs in Baseball Hall of Fame http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3401" We live in an era where sports heroes are in the news every day. Far too often, they aren't on the sports pages however. Instead we find their names on the front page for doing something... Is Dan Rather Restoring His Legacy or Tarnishing it Further? http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3422" Dan Rather, ex-veteran of 40 plus years with CBS news has decided he misses the limelight and has filed a $70 million lawsuit against his former employers. The lawsuit contends that Rather was made... Should Mattel see Red (Ink)This Christmas? http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3427" Just when I thought I couldn't have a worse personal image of the Mattel Toy Company, Thomas Debrowski, an executive for Mattel shows me I can. Mattel has been in the news for months as stories... Health Care in the U.S. Take Two Aspirins and Pray http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3442" I want to tell you a story about a friend of mine. So as not to embarrass him, I will call him Jim. Now Jim has been in the contracting business all his life and that is how I came to know him.... A Note to Text Messagers. Stop the Madness http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3452" My wife and I had traveled up to the Bloomington/Normal area to visit our son at Illinois State. As always we took Timothy out for some vittles having that parental fear that our son isn’t... University goes easy on Editor using Vulgarity http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3461" The Board of Student Communications at Colorado State University has shown they have no sense of journalism, or personal responsibility or at the very least are just cowards. Their recent... Pentagon Official Paid for not Working http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3474" It is one of those stories that should be all over the news but one must look hard to find the story filed by The Washington Post. The Post reported that a now senior official for the U.S. Air... U.S. House Wastes Time, Angers Turkish Allies. http://www.ProBlogs.com/Post3479" Well, let’s see. We are embroiled in an unpopular war that is driving us into record deficits. We have a credit disaster, an energy crisis, and problems with school violence. We have millions...