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NEWS 7/6/09 9:32pm

Ignored on the Fourth of July

By pendulumopinions

Yes, it's old news that Sarah Palin is unpredictable and, in a move that some would liken to hopping onto a crazy train to Looneyville, will be resigning as governor and starting her run for the presidency in 2012 (well, that last part isn't official...yet). But I have to giver her credit for the brilliance of her timing, tossing a bomb into the crowd right when the crowd scatters to distant lands.

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NEWS 7/3/09 5:26am

Google and its online library

By The Pendulum

I've always been a fan of Google's. The company has done an amazing job of predicting the online market and the progression of modern technology, well enough to see its stock remain one of the largest in recent years.

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NEWS 6/29/09 8:26pm

Ellen Degeneres apparently ruined our GDP

By pendulumopinions

UPDATE: Pennsylvania State Senator John Eichelberger, during a radio debate on June 19, revealed his thoughts about his attitude toward homosexuals. "They're not being punished.

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NEWS 6/26/09 9:13pm

Don't stop 'till you get enough (coverage)

By pendulumopinions

It is not the death of Michael Jackson that is being universally mourned by the world. To many, his death occured admist the decade-long period of constant ridicule and allegation of child abuse and bodily reconstruction.

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NEWS 6/26/09 2:42pm

Let’s wait and see with the NBA draft

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Pam Richter I sat tuned in. Waiting. Waiting for a big deal to be made actually during the draft. The NBA draft is complete, and there's no more waiting to see who will be drafted where.

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NEWS 6/26/09 2:02pm

Jackson's Farewell

By The Pendulum

The death of a celebrity is always a tough time. It brings people out in full force, ready to offer condolences to each other and show support for the family, or whoever's left.

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NEWS 6/24/09 3:34pm

Twitter!

By pendulumopinions

We here at the Pendulum aren't immune to jumping on the bandwagon, so take a peek at our new Twitter, I'm sure it'll have all of the wit and brillance of the blog, only ridiculously shortened and littered with tinyurls...

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NEWS 6/23/09 10:50pm

Passing half of the torch

By pendulumopinions

As a good friend of mine said about a month ago, if anyone suggested the idea of a library in this day and age, a sort of communal stomping ground where books and in many cases, DVDs, CDs and even video games (something I've never been able to understand) were available for no charge, with the only limitation would be a system of time limits and fines if said limits are exceeded coupled with the scornful gaze of the librarians when you try and check something out only to find that you owe $5 for renting "Derailed," they would immediately be kicked around by publishing and media companies as a nutcase.

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NEWS 6/21/09 9:19pm

This week in The Pendulum...

By The Pendulum

For the first issue of the summer, the opinions section will have a nice little balance of that warm, fuzzy optimism that you've grown accustomed to reading in other publications, and the typical grizzled, commentary that tends to dominate the editorial pages.

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NEWS 6/19/09 6:59pm

Selective memory, it's a beautiful thing

By pendulumopinions

"Tonight is the night journalism died," according to Fox News, all because of ABC's big series of broadcasts from inside the White House in which they're basically serving as a megaphone for the administration.

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NEWS 6/19/09 2:27pm

June – The dog days of summer for some MLB teams

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Pam Richter It's that wonderful time again, when separation is started to be created in the MLB standings.

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NEWS 6/17/09 7:32pm

Working for the Clampdown

By The Pendulum

Democracies are such a problem. Sure, they provide a solid basis for capitalist enterprise, grant people greater control of the government and give a nation greater credibility on the world stage.

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NEWS 6/16/09 4:06am

YouTube and the digital TV age

By The Pendulum

Hulu has dominated the internet television and movie industry ever since it began, offering a legitimate home for shows that couldn't be shut down by copyright laws.

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NEWS 6/14/09 1:57am

The third quarter is actually where champions are made

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Pam Richter On Friday morning, sports talk shows across the nation went crazy trying to figure out who was to blame for Thursday night's loss for the Orlando Magic in game four of the NBA finals. Jameer Nelson did play poor defense on Derek Fisher.

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NEWS 6/11/09 9:51pm

Um, Thanks, Hollywood...?

By The Pendulum

It's not too often that an opinions section will have an editorial or contributor that writes only to commend something--I'm pretty sure Morgan has made that point before--but I think that it is well deserved in this case. In my blog entry about the Where the Wild Things Are movie, I totally failed to mention, or focus on if I did mention it, the fact that Dave Eggers wrote it.

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NEWS 6/10/09 3:03pm

I swear I have not had any relations with motor vehicles

By pendulumopinions

America's a wonderful place, isn't it? It's the sort of wonderland where everyone can have opportunities, where paupers can become industrious princes at the tip of their soot-ridden caps.

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NEWS 6/6/09 5:38pm

No thought required

By pendulumopinions

The information age is over. If you'd like to attend the wake, please wear black and be courteous to the grieving windows, they've been through a lot.

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NEWS 6/5/09 2:42am

If at first you don't want to read...

By pendulumopinions

No, the title doesn't pertain to this blog. I mean, who wouldn't want to read this blog, in all of it pre-templated glory, upon the first look?

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NEWS 6/2/09 11:20pm

Profit off the Rye

By pendulumopinions

Characters that resonate with audiences take on a multitude of identities, each unique to the particular cultural consumer.

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NEWS 5/30/09 3:37pm

For a journey built upon a balloon-carried house, "Up" takes few risks

By pendulumopinions

The problem with success is that it builds upon itself like sentient Lego bricks, continuing skyward until eventually, one pillar looks a bit ugly, or a awkward arrangement of pieces is necessary to continue.

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