About this blog
Mike Argento, a York native and graduate of York Suburban Area High School and Penn State, first came to the York Daily Record in 1983. He even had gray hair back then. After stints covering everything from cops to city hall to state government to the environment, he began writing a column for the paper, three times a week, in 1989. His column can be about anything and so is his blog, which encompasses life in York County and beyond. And, for the record, as he told his wife the other night, he wishes people would stop asking him, 'What's wrong with you?' He really doesn't know.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Herb Ellis, RIP
One of the great jazz guitarists, Herb Ellis, has passed away. He played with Oscar Peterson and was one of the pioneers of jazz guitar. He had a great touch and injected blues and country twang into his jazz stylings. … Continue reading
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Mapping hate groups
A reader sent me a link to this map, put together by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It puts hate groups on the map. York County, according to the map, has Nazis. In Wrightsville. Something called “The Creativity Alliance.” We … Continue reading
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Scarface for kids!
It’s a pro production, of a school play production of the classis gangster flick Scarface. It’s pretty funny. Kids say the darnedest things.
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Our very own Kate and whathisname
Michelle “Elle” Panzer and Tito Figueroa are starring in a reality show on Si TV. The show revolves around their marriage. I don’t know these folks, but I wish them luck. If you look at the history of couples who … Continue reading
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As the World Turns, Eagles edition
OK, the Eagles are shopping quarterback Donovan McNabb and the sports commenteriat is going crazy, trying to run McNabb out of town and to the Bay area. The reports now say the deal hasn’t been made, or is even being … Continue reading
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Insult to injury
The story about Al Snyder having to pay some of the expenses of Westboro Baptist Church and its band of lunatics is a slap in the face. It is routine in such cases for courts to require the loser in … Continue reading
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A pretty good apology
The screenwriter for one of the worst movies ever made, “Battlefield Earth,” a sci-fi flick based on the scribblings of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, has written an apology for his role in bringing that terrible John Travolta movie … Continue reading
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Opossum resuscitation
Here is the text of an AP story: “PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.–State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a dead opossum along a highway. “State police in Punxsutawney say several witnesses … Continue reading
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An oldie, sort of, but a goodie
A different take on health care reform.
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Gene Robinson on the Tea Partyers
The Washignton Post’s Gene Robinson weighs in on the movement and it’s Eva Peron: “Let’s not pretend anymore that the tea party movement is harmless. The right to protest is one of our cherished American freedoms. But there is no … Continue reading
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