The Sternberg Effect
joshsternberg
I Am Not A PC…Anymore
My eyes have been opened and I can see the world in all it’s beautiful splendor. I have been born-again and I don’t care if my friends in the corporate world who sit in their cubicles know that I have found a higher calling. My new outlook on life will probably upset some, especially those … Continue reading
Follow the Phish
I was sitting in Shul (that’s Yiddish for Temple or Synagogue)on Wednesday morning for Rosh Hashana listening to my Rabbi lecture about the concept of time when my cell phone started vibrating. One text message after another for about 15 minutes. After the first one, I ignored it and put my phone back in my … Continue reading
The Reality of Reality TV
I finally caught up with this year’s Emmy’s and was rather disappointed in the aftermath of this whole “Reality” thing. Why do we keep calling this genre reality when it’s really a faux–reality. These shows are a pretend real, meaning that what we, the audience, are watching is not what our perceived reality is. Our … Continue reading
The Religion of Baseball
The Yankees just won their 85th game of the season, which also happened to be the last game at the venerable Yankee Stadium. If you watched ESPN today, you could be forgiven if you thought that this was Game 7 of the World Series. For a sport that was once lampooned as being too prissy … Continue reading
(Gay) Love and Marriage
I have yet to grasp how we, as a Western society, still believe that not every person has the same ‘rights’. Rights are legally, morally, or traditionally just claims that a society revolves around. As we know, rights in a society often change; sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. According to the structure … Continue reading
Contradictions
We live in a world full of contradiction. It seems that one person’s logic is another’s fallacy. This is my attempt to figure out (or at the very least, question) the underlying logic in our culture. I love how the blogging community specifically and the communications world as a whole is increasing the dialogue, helping … Continue reading
Unnecessary Journalism Phrases
- How about “lifeless body” when describing a dead person? Here’s a good (bad)...
- bobbymacReports: A growing number of stories with a growing number
- Alliterative Journalism Phrases
- Apologies on the lack of posts
- While not necessarily an unnecessary journalism phrase, friend...
- 50. Old Man Winter - 11/7/11
- Push The Envelope Submitted by unretrecissement and her...
- 49. A.M. in the Morning/P.M. in the Afternoon/Evening, at Night - 11/3/11
- 48. Emergency Situation - 11/2/11
- 47. Roll(ed)(ing) in his/her grave - 10/31/11
