Brad Rourke’s Blog
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Eating On One Dollar A Day
My friend Christina told me about the One Dollar Diet Project. No, it is not really a diet program. It is a couple (Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard) who decided to spend one month eating on one dollar a day each. About 15% of the world’s population, or 1 billion people, subsists on this amount.…
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Thieves: Don't Take My Phone!
My wallet got stolen yesterday. I fell victim to a rash of thievery at my gym: at least four other guys got hit. I had locked my locker like I always do; when I returned after my workout and started turning the knob, something felt funny. The knob turned harder than usual. Then the combo…
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Thieves: Don’t Take My Phone!
My wallet got stolen yesterday. I fell victim to a rash of thievery at my gym: at least four other guys got hit. I had locked my locker like I always do; when I returned after my workout and started turning the knob, something felt funny. The knob turned harder than usual. Then the combo…
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Cheaters Prosper
Perhaps you noticed the articles recently announcing the Josephson Institute’s latest installment of their annual survey of youth perceptions on ethics. It’s something I take note of, since I used to work at a think tank on ethics. The Josephson survey is always good for some alarmist fare, and rightly so. Perhaps the most striking…
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Car Execs Came To Town, Riding On A Pony
I grew up in Detroit when times were tough and it wasn’t pretty. But looking at how the heads of the Big Three are responding to the crisis that faces them makes me think that there may be too many auto companies in my hometown. While the new reorganization plans the Big Three unveiled yesterday…
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China Wags Finger As The New Kyoto Gets Underway
There’s a new international treaty process getting started that bears serious observation. The Kyoto global warming treaty (which the US signed but did not ratify) is set to expire in 2012 and negotiations are beginning now for a replacement. It all starts this month in Poznan, Poland. The Chinese have gotten a jump on it…
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Another Episode In The Death Of Trust In Journalism
Lots of people like to talk about the death of media 1.0. But I like to think of it as the death of journalism as a fancy profession. Here’s another example. Former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams has created a new PR venture called Abrams Research. Nothing new there. But this one has a twist.…
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"Hyperlocal" Journalism And Community
Many of my friends and readers of my national commentary know that I am also the founder of a web site called Rockville Central, which is an example of what the Knight Citizen News Network would call “hyperlocal journalism.” Rockville Central is a citizen-produced, all-volunteer local blog that is intentionally designed to embody the kinds…
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"Hyperlocal" Journalism And Community
Many of my friends and readers of my national commentary know that I am also the founder of a web site called Rockville Central, which is an example of what the Knight Citizen News Network would call “hyperlocal journalism.” Rockville Central is a citizen-produced, all-volunteer local blog that is intentionally designed to embody the kinds…
