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"Did you hear the news? Nothing at all happened yesterday" -- Gomer the Greek
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 The Academy is very proud of its school of Journalism. Imbecility is at its most obvious among public figures, and the media are well placed to take advantage of this. But of course this is the hardest page to maintain and keep up to date (after all who cares about Hong Kong anymore, or Princess Diana?). We will endeavor to keep this page timely, but also keep the old fossilized stuff for archival purposes.

Go here for the consolidated productions of our columnist Grobius Shortling, who has never won a Pulitzer Prize and has no intention of replacing Andy Rooney News Commentaries

Some Observations about the British Empire after the loss of Hong Kong
Empress of Gibraltar

The Grobius Op-Ed Page
Items in the News (July '97)


Hot News Buttons



This sort of thing is ephemeral. There is a new web page for items like this at Tripod, where they will be archived. Marv and Di will disappear from the Academy as soon as any more current events are set up (if I ever bother). A list of old Hot News Buttons follows, since we never throw anything away at the Academy:

Princess Diana: What would she have looked like in 40 years?
Princess Diana: What was her Brooklyn connection?
Marv Albert: Trial Summarized in Four New York Post Headlines
Santa Clause Slain: He dissed my mom
They died on Snow: Farley, Kennedy, and Bono
Bobhope: Famous Old People Who Died or Did Not Die in 1998
Monica Lewinsky and JFK: What's to say?
Hillary Clinton for Senator: Go, Carpetbagger!
Columbine High School: Waste in the Suburbs
Gay Pride Parade: The Original...
The Death Penalty How to Do It
Concorde Crash That Blew Up Real Good!
Miscellaneous Random Observations
Better yet, just click on "Grobius Shortling's News Page" above this list

Clippings from the News Links

America's Finest Online Newspaper: The Onion
Clay Irving's Stupid Stuff
The Banana Book
The NEW(er) Banana Book


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