Feel Good Story: School Bus Monitor Retires

Unless you don’t watch TV, you’ve probably heard the story and seen the video of the school bus monitor bullied by students. Today, she’s retiring, thanks totally to the generosity of strangers who donated an astonishing amount of money to as a simple act of good faith and empathy. Karen Klein, a 68-year-old grandmother, was a school [...]
Home Loans and Mortgage Lenders First Time Buyers

Finding a Home Loan. The Illusive Loan to Be Enough For The House You Want to Buy. Finding a home loan is getting more and more difficult. Mortgages aren’t robo-signed anymore, and I’ve been going through the process of buying a home as a first time home buyer (always lived in city apartments until now, [...]
Electric vs Hybrid Cars Comparison Features & Milage Comparison Chart.

Electric vs hybrid cars. Compare electric and hybrid cars milage and features. A totally different kind of post the usual, but I’m seriously thinking about the electric vs hybrid cars topic, so why not, right? Comparing milage and prices on an electric or hybrid car? I don’t (yet) own any electric cars, but I want at least [...]
A Backpack Journalist at GI Film Festival

Hollywood Stars and 42 Film Screenings Mark Sixth Annual GI Film Festival, May 14 – 20, 2012, in Washington, DC PTSD WON’T STOP ME a music video performed by A Backpack Journalist’ US Army Reserve Intern, and created in a partnership with students from The Nashville Film Institute to be presented as a “preview” prior [...]
Will Sharpton’s Blueberry Pie be the Next Mic Check?

Let’s make “Blueberry Pie” a political protest action verb. Not that I advocate throwing blueberry pie at politicians (that would be counter-productive), but maybe just have 50 people very quietly and respectfully eating a slice of blueberry pie during a campaign speech or outside a debate venue. Food with some meaning to celebrate the holiday [...]
James Murdoch Resigns from UK Papers, but Will it Make Any Difference?

The story from the AP is getting some buzz, but given Mini Murdoch had stepped back significantly starting in September, will this make any difference? Moreover, he’s still in charge of News International, which owns all of these papers from which he resigned from the boards, anyway. Given that, will the general methods how this [...]
