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21 August 2014

21 August 2014, 13:00

Why Facebook Wants You to Be Happy

People see Facebook as a neutral platform, which they can use to have conversations. But in reality, it’s a company, and thus it has motivations and strategies and interests involved in the ways its users utilize the network.

21 August 2014, 07:23

Reeves on the attack in South Australia

Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Gelsomino head into this weekend’s fourth round of the Australian Rally Championship determined to increase their championship lead after winning two of the opening three rounds.

21 August 2014, 07:20

Strong points haul for Reeves in Rally of Queensland

Australian Rally Championship leaders Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Gelsomino have finished a strong second, scoring valuable points on Day 1 of the Rally of Queensland. With a lead of 29 points heading into the third round of the championship...

20 August 2014, 13:31

Ferguson: We Can’t Look Away

It’s time once again to bring out the well-worn quote (from Marx) that history repeats itself, “first as tragedy, then as farce.” No one in my home could take their eyes off the television Monday evening...

13 August 2014, 17:22

Outdoor Retailer 2014 Wrap Up Part #2

Outdoor Retailer is an exhausting week filled with meetings, seminars, new product showcases and gear demos. In between playing with new, cool gadgets and networking with friends new and old, we were able to focus on the task at hand - what is going to be the best sellers for Canoe Kentucky in 2015?

13 August 2014, 14:11

Cleaning up McFaul’s Mess

For the first time since Barack Obama entered the White House, America finally has a competent and qualified ambassador to Russia in Mr. John Tefft, a tough and seasoned defender of American values in Eastern Europe.

12 August 2014, 19:00

Halbig, King, and ObamaCare: What Happened, and What Happens Next?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act says its exchange subsidies, employer-mandate tax, and (to a large extent) its individual-mandate tax may be implemented only "through an Exchange established by the State." Since January...

09 August 2014, 21:43

Outdoor Retailer 2014 Wrap Up Part #1

As the 2014 Outdoor Retailer shows comes to a close, and we put Canoe Kentucky into drive for the 2015 season, we thought we might offer some thoughts about the show and the great new trends and gear in our sport.

09 August 2014, 06:00

How one man destroyed the Food Network: Guy Fieri has made culinary TV into a viewer’s hell

It used to be full of chefs serenely baking in sunlit kitchens. But now I despise the network I used to love

08 August 2014, 04:02

Wine Guerrilla, Forestville: Former art gallery full of style

Wine Guerrilla owner Bruce Patch made a very lucky score when he came across the space that is now his tasting room in Forestville. The building was formerly an art gallery, and it sings with style, from natural cork floors to polished...

06 August 2014, 05:27

What’s the point of Triathlons?

Blog Comment A blog reader left the following comment on one of my old blog posts: What’s the point of triathlons. I actually typed that into […]

04 August 2014, 03:38

Golden Gate Bridge's Flag Man lets his patriotism show

Just after a car heading north on the Golden Gate Bridge let out a honk, Rob Peterson turned his head and waved his American flag in appreciation. In one hand he held a nylon American flag slightly larger than a sheet of notebook paper.

02 August 2014, 15:35

Mark Adomanis, Wiggling and Squirming

It’s a telling commentary on how far and how fast Vladimir Putin has has fallen that even hardcore Putin apologists like Mark Adomanis are now scurrying to abandon him in order to save their own reputations.

01 August 2014, 04:38

Small town's heart found in a desert cafe

The isolated, lonely landscape gnawed at our psyches and cooked our brains and bodies in 100-plus-degree August heat in our non-air-conditioned Vanagon camper rolling along Highway 50, the "Loneliest Road...

31 July 2014, 15:12

Off The Pitch With No.1 Soccer Camps Athletics Trainer Pierre Soubrier

Athletic Trainer Pierre Soubrier brings a wealth of experience as a player, coach, and medical professional to No. 1 Soccer Camps As a player, the French born Soubrier was a youth academy player for the professional Tolouse Football Club from ages twelve through seventeen.