Staples 55

From a Wilton classmate who’s been kind enough to submit an occasional comment to this blog, Janet Wahrlich has submitted an interesting, well-written commentary by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Michael Gartner. It appeared in a June, 2006, edition of USA Today (I hope they continue to leave the page up…).
A one-time president of NBC […]

“This just in…” from West Coast correspondent, Bruce Kent: there’s plenty of parking these days on “Rodeo Drive” (Greenwich Ave.) in Greenwich for our Camaro’s and Corolla’s now that some of the usual BMWs and Mercedes are back home in their driveways. The recession appears to have hit this “Rodeo Drive of the northeast” pretty […]

[Forwarded by Bruce Kent, 5-3-06. Ed. I’m posting this one not so much for its shock value (it is both shocking and disturbing), but because the major media shields us from the harsher aspects of war. Were it not for the internet we would never see any of this…]

An insurgent takes one in the head; […]

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[Forwarded by my daughter, Julie, 5-7-06. Ed. Apropos of the holiday season and the ongoing “culture war”…]
If they know of him at all, many folks think Ben Stein is just a quirky actor/comedian who talks in a monotone. He’s also a very intelligent attorney who knows how to put ideas and words together in such […]

[Email from Bruce Kent, 5-1-06]
Last week I purchased a burger and fries at McDonalds for $3.58.
The counter girl took my $4.00 and I pulled eight cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and three pennies. While looking at the screen on her register, I sensed her […]

[Original post by Jacee McCluckie Fournier, 1-17-06]
The civics test found on the web… was forwarded… by Jacee McCluckie Fournier. Jacee and I and a few other classmates have found it so instructive (and fun) that I’m including the recent January 2006 Staples ‘55 newsletter article here, along with posted scores as they come in.
If you […]