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Brad Rourke
Brad Rourke writes a column on public life called Public Comments, produces an occasional videolog called Taxonomies, is a founder of the Maryland neighborhood blog, Rockville Central, and is in a band called The West End.
So Much Content, So Little Information
It's quantity, not quality that counts these days when it comes to words. Brad Rourke is nostalgic for the days of strong but silent leaders like President Calvin Coolidge. As for the media, with the ratio of junk to nutrition increasing, it's harder for people to find out what they need and want to know.
Words Hurt: The PC Police vs. Your Vocabulary
Watch out before you refer to a thief being caught "red-handed," condemn a "blacklist," or, heaven forbid, refer to someone who is cheap as being "niggardly." Brad Rourke just doesn't comprehend the rationale behind many of the "no-no words" recently circulated by the Army. It's all Greek to him.... Oops! Better apologize to Greek-Americans.
Stop The Presses: Writing in the Internet Age
Who among us has not sent an email to the wrong person and felt the desire for recall? PJM columnist Brad Rourke, like many writers on the internet, knows what it's like to pay the price for hastiness in remorse.
Hack The Vote
"Life hacks" explains PJM columnist Brad Rourke, is a new trendy term for things that ordinary people can do to affect change in their world with existing tools. He's got some suggestions for action that disgruntled citizens frustrated with the political process can take - and invites more ideas from readers.
How Lazy Can You Get?
In our modern information age, everything is getting easier and more convenient....and PJM columnist Brad Rourke is getting worried. Have we forgotten what it's like to make an effort for anything?
Learners Are People Too
PJM columnist Brad Rourke is fed up with the fancy language bureaucrats use to hide their real obligations. He argues that it's time to get rid of the ten-dollar-words and face up to the fact that our actions affect real people.
The Pressure of High Anxiety
It has become all too common today to blame egregious behavior on pressure. PJM columnist Brad Rourke makes the case for more personal responsibility.
Expensive Money
"Payday" loan companies comprise a $28 billion industry in terms of loan volume. PJM columnist Brad Rourke questions the morality of these operations "that can only survive on poor decisions made in desperation."
Living Like Xerxes
What do global warming "carbon offsets" and the movie "300" have to do with each other? Sounds like a riddle not even the Goracle could unscramble. Well, PJM columnist Brad Rourke has an answer.
Sen. Larry Craig’s Personal Alamo
The Idaho senator with the shiny wedding ring made a last stand at his own Alamo of truth as he vainly attempted to deny what was clear to all. Brad Rourke writes he feels more pity than outrage at the fallen legislator. "Lies are corrosive threads that shoot through the fabric of our days. Public life is filled with them but private life is, too. They suffocate us, they mount and build and kill our souls."
