http://www.spot-on.com/ en Copyright (C) 2008, SteelWill, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Spot On is a trademark of SteelWill, Inc. 2009-09-30T20:56:11Z http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss editor@spot-on.com Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.comAdd to Any Feed ReaderThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: We were having lunch at my favorite arts and crafts festival and my brother decided he didn't like what we were having and went off to find something else to eat. We settled in with our crab cake sandwiches and...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/avnSO9tKp2k7L8qbZoYrC4jgQLM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/avnSO9tKp2k7L8qbZoYrC4jgQLM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/avnSO9tKp2k7L8qbZoYrC4jgQLM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/avnSO9tKp2k7L8qbZoYrC4jgQLM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/xISQNxZ3N6Y/falling_out.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/falling_out.html Modern Life 2009-09-30T20:55:24Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/falling_out.html <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced last week that the recession is over. Excuse me if I don't start kicking up my heels. You know what this announcement reminds me of? Remember in the movie Poltergiest when, with the help...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P1JQMvQRljJDLQBv2qOgTi9O6Gg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P1JQMvQRljJDLQBv2qOgTi9O6Gg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P1JQMvQRljJDLQBv2qOgTi9O6Gg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P1JQMvQRljJDLQBv2qOgTi9O6Gg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/Lr__hnvpVmE/it_aint_over_til_its_over.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/it_aint_over_til_its_over.html Modern Life 2009-09-24T01:55:45Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/it_aint_over_til_its_over.html <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: I guess I wasn't home the day Katie Couric - or anyone else - called for my opinion on healthcare reform. I'm particularly disappointed to have missed Katie's call, which I'm sure happened, seeing as she used to live in...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v4uCA4k5XQWTyU8YbqxA8vViLiY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v4uCA4k5XQWTyU8YbqxA8vViLiY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v4uCA4k5XQWTyU8YbqxA8vViLiY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v4uCA4k5XQWTyU8YbqxA8vViLiY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/E4rJ3WgzEBQ/im_okay_youre_not_so_good.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/im_okay_youre_not_so_good.html Modern Life 2009-09-18T01:44:53Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/im_okay_youre_not_so_good.html <p>By Scott Olin Schmidt</p> <p>West Hollywood, California: Time will tell if President Obama managed to hit the "reset" button with his Wednesday evening speech to Congress on healthcare. But as long as the American public firmly divided into three camps - those who want free healthcare at...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7J5AKpZDiOtM-dvQv9vUaf4gHc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7J5AKpZDiOtM-dvQv9vUaf4gHc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7J5AKpZDiOtM-dvQv9vUaf4gHc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7J5AKpZDiOtM-dvQv9vUaf4gHc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Scott Olin Schmidt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/wputVTLDsdQ/confusing_good_politics_with_g.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/schmidt/2009/09/confusing_good_politics_with_g.html Politics, Business and Economics U.S. Politics 2009-09-11T15:25:28Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/schmidt/2009/09/confusing_good_politics_with_g.html <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: At last, the public humiliation is over. Many of you know what I am talking about: the agony caused by having to look for a job in what is clinically referred to as an "employers' job market;" meaning, there are...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsoqZsm3q-rYC2LMChV8f8Ob24c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsoqZsm3q-rYC2LMChV8f8Ob24c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsoqZsm3q-rYC2LMChV8f8Ob24c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsoqZsm3q-rYC2LMChV8f8Ob24c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/kJKWcH4WYjQ/an_employers_market.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/an_employers_market.html Modern Life 2009-09-10T01:50:40Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/09/an_employers_market.html <p>By Scott Olin Schmidt</p> <p>West Hollywood, California: The California Republican Party has finally found a way to make its September convention in Rancho Mirage relevant. It's going to take up a proposal to make the Republican Party irrelevant in California elections for decades to come. Party Vice...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4to9xfg9rpSP586MxO5wJz55cG0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4to9xfg9rpSP586MxO5wJz55cG0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4to9xfg9rpSP586MxO5wJz55cG0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4to9xfg9rpSP586MxO5wJz55cG0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Scott Olin Schmidt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/Svpcxt4j458/the_gops_declinetowin_strategy.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/schmidt/2009/08/the_gops_declinetowin_strategy.html California Politics Cronyism and Politics 2009-08-26T23:16:21Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/schmidt/2009/08/the_gops_declinetowin_strategy.html <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: In my book, August is almost as dismal and depressing as February. I know summer isn't over until Sept. 21, but my summer is over once I no longer have a vacation to anticipate and after I've had a tomato...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qQh7240IMZpM6v4OjfPh-YLcrqo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qQh7240IMZpM6v4OjfPh-YLcrqo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qQh7240IMZpM6v4OjfPh-YLcrqo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qQh7240IMZpM6v4OjfPh-YLcrqo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/BM0unbsIBc4/last_of_the_summer_whine.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/08/last_of_the_summer_whine.html Families and Family Life 2009-08-12T13:51:14Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/08/last_of_the_summer_whine.html <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: I am writing this from a bunker deep within the recesses of my house. Whether this dispatch will reach anyone before tragedy overtakes us, I cannot say. Just know that I have fought the good fight. Know that, whatever happens,...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1cdpXZeuj6puRhopOCCHKjhSIpw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1cdpXZeuj6puRhopOCCHKjhSIpw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1cdpXZeuj6puRhopOCCHKjhSIpw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1cdpXZeuj6puRhopOCCHKjhSIpw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/g5UUAhtDCGI/the_pickles_wrath.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/08/the_pickles_wrath.html Modern Life 2009-08-05T12:16:10Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/08/the_pickles_wrath.html <p>By Scott Olin Schmidt</p> <p>West Hollywood, California: Nearly six months after President Obama and the Democratic Congress passed a near-trillion dollar economic stimulus package, the American people finally saw results last week when the three-month "Cash for Clunkers" program exhausted all of its funding in just over...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Bnis0CJb6bHOMYTVxsFrxSMO3Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Bnis0CJb6bHOMYTVxsFrxSMO3Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Bnis0CJb6bHOMYTVxsFrxSMO3Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Bnis0CJb6bHOMYTVxsFrxSMO3Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Scott Olin Schmidt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/zg5RWcTakBA/spinning_the_cash_for_clunkers.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/schmidt/2009/08/spinning_the_cash_for_clunkers.html Politics, Business and Economics U.S. Politics 2009-08-04T20:41:30Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/schmidt/2009/08/spinning_the_cash_for_clunkers.html <p>By Jeanne Jackson</p> <p>Star Tannery, Virginia: Though I grew up 10 minutes from the eastern coastline of the U.S., I probably spent less time there than most people who lived hours away. But for the first 24 years of my life, I was dependent on the...</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6t2iXhuwYXQfI4-1J98op9xjLc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6t2iXhuwYXQfI4-1J98op9xjLc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6t2iXhuwYXQfI4-1J98op9xjLc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6t2iXhuwYXQfI4-1J98op9xjLc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jeanne Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/QzFt-mA_tw0/the_griping_piping_plover.html http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/07/the_griping_piping_plover.html Modern Life 2009-07-29T15:35:23Z http://www.spot-on.com/archives/jackson/2009/07/the_griping_piping_plover.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpotOn/~3/jOlsUGJH5lI/spotonThu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/spoton#2009-04-08<ul> <li><a href="http://www.spot-on.com/archives/weeks/2009/04/diy.html">Spot-On: Kevin Weeks: DIY - Making Lard 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