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: July 2011
It makes you wonder
Where were all of these people who were so concerned about government spending for the past, oh, ten years? This chart, from the New York Times, might help them.
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A text version this week
Tom did something to his back so he’s kind of wheeling around here on his desk chair. That has nothing to do with our inability to record a podcast this week. But it’s something. It’s been a busy week around … Continue reading
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Bought and paid for.
U.S. Rep. Eris Cantor, the House Majority Leader, often couches his anti-tax-the-rich sentiments as a principled stand. And now, thanks to the Washington Post, we what principle is important to him. He has fought to prevent taxes on hedge-fund operators … Continue reading
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“The greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern U.S. history.”
Robert Greenstein, president of the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, has chimed in on House Speaker John Boehner’s deficit reduction plan. He doesn’t think it’s a good idea. His statement begins: “House Speaker John Boehner’s new budget proposal … Continue reading
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Help our brothers and sisters at Borders
Here’s a link to a blog where people can post job openings and leads for laid-off Borders employees. Let’s help these folks out. Liquidation begins Friday. Borders is expected to announce soon when the stores will close.
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A musical interlude
And now, for our Tea Party friends, a musical interlude from the best band in America, Los Lobos. Their insistence on refusing to increase the nation’s debt limit, leading to the country defaulting on its debt for the first time … Continue reading
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Nick Kristof is The Man
Great column by the Times’ Nick Kristof this morning. He takes the Republican’s radical stand to its fitting conclusion. Excellent job. He always stands up for the little guy and gives a voice to the voiceless. That is what a … Continue reading
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We’re back!
After a week off — Tom wasn’t here and I didn’t feel like recording a session of me talking to myself — we’re back with a fresh batch of jokes about Rupert Murdoch and Borders and whatnot. First, though, a … Continue reading
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The “but that’s just me” edition of the podcast
In this week’s edition of What Have We Learned, Tom sets the tone with a rant that ends with “but that’s just me.” And well, yeah. Typically, I don’t like puns, but I couldn’t pass this one up because it … Continue reading
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