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The headline is a window into a story. Its also one of newspaperings most interesting (and fun) challenges. How do you convey the nuance of a story in just a few words? How do you alert people that an Anthropologie store is moving into Schaumburg, all in a one-column hed (which is newspaper jargon for "head," which is short for "headline")?   We have a bunch of award-winning headline writers on staff who constantly amaze me. But sometimes even they get stumped. Neil Holdway, who heads up our n...

Updated 1/30/2021 10:37 PM When youre new to the U.S. presidency, you want to surround yourself with people of action. That seems to be what President Joe Biden is doing.   No, Im not foolishly wading into the murky waters of political advocacy. I merely noticed a pattern the other day when Antony Blinken was confirmed as secretary of state. Take a look at the lineup of Bidens confirmed cabinet members and others waiting to be confirmed and tell me you dont see the same pattern: Yellen, Blinke...

Today Jim is a day late and a dollar short with a D.C. glossary.

Updated 1/16/2021 6:20 PM I had a friend during the 1980s, whose identity I will not divulge, who was fond of the film "Henry V," starring Kenneth Branagh as Henry, Prince of Wales. I loved it, too.   Branagh, who cut his teeth on Shakespeare on stage, took on a big, sweeping production for his first Hollywood directorial effort. My friend was so enthralled by the battle scenes and a young Branagh that she asked me whether we could rent the prequels. (cough) Unless youre a student of Shakespea...

Jim unloads a brain full of odd thoughts from his time off.

Updated 12/26/2020 6:34 PM When youre in the mood for a little grammatical navel-gazing, its fun to consider how the smallest things can have a large impact. Lets focus today on the comma.   Attribution • I often admonish writers to include a second comma when putting attribution in the middle of a sentence. Without it, the sentence can change meaning. For instance: If you stand on your head and drink a grape Nehi, Bob said, you will get stomach cramps. This sentence is properly attributed t...

Waiting to find out from i.c.e. if those fears are valid. lets turn to the republican town halls where tempers have been flaring over the concerns about the future of health care and whats going to happen with obama administration care. in wisconsin, representative jim sensenbrenner is holding a town hall there. we have some video from the reaction and interaction that took place in wisconsin moments ago. >> please respect miss baumanns ability to speak. >> everybody comes in here. they come w...

Been any abnormal people who have reported to the infirmary. >> tug bows are pulling the ship to mobile alabama. it is expect to do arrive sometime tomorrow. carnival booked hotel room and flights to get passengers home from there as soon as possible. the ntsb is investigating what caused the fire sunday but knocked out power to the massive ship. theres a new top dog to america this morning. >> the winner of the 137th westminster dog show the african (inaudible) >> baumann gnnana joe took the . ...

Supply because of regulations and a lack of infrastructure. the result could be that the united states and canada will remain leaders in natural gas development for the better part of the next decade. "the washington post," terrorists plotted to unleash a wave of attacks in aumann, jordan. during the ensuing chaos raid the u.s. embassy. this from jourdardanian authori who foiled the plot arresting 11 people. the group planned to carry out attacks with help from al qaeda in iraq and weapons obt...