George W. Hoover?

Seeded on Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:39 AM EST (The New York Times)

-Favorite line: But there was an almost-never-mentioned elephant in the Versailles Ballroom (yes, that's its name) full of Republicans: George W.

politics

Blame to share in economic meltdown

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:32 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

-Interesting lead. "Let me countdown the villians". Very strong statement -A lot of facts to support reckless decisions -"Oh, and you can thank Senate Republicans for a five-year, $3.3 billion rural school aid measure packed onto the bailout bill.

Kevin Chen's job: to make sure the show goes on

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:26 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

-A good spotlight on a unique job -Very descriptive -Different approach on writing (bold, larger text to transition into a different scene)

entertainment

A Shadowy, Wet World of Squirt-Gun Assassins

Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:46 PM EDT (The New York Times)

-A real narrative article with a lot of descriptive writing -puts a lot of humor in the very newsy article -Reads like a story

Where Are the Grown-Ups

Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:13 PM EDT (The New York Times)

-Really strong article -It opens with the concept that its an adult responsibility to manage the financial crisis. -Stays consistent with this idea, mocking Paulson as a child who's at fault - Leaves with the idea when will someone take a strong charge at the problem

Sarah Palin Speaks!

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 3:03 AM EDT (The New York Times)

-Very humorous overall -The whole keep Republicans in control with the "that'll show him" was my favorite line -Seemed to overall disagree with the Republican party, but the very last paragraph about how Romney and Giuliani was great

36 Hours in San Diego

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 2:49 AM EDT (The New York Times)

-Lead is witty and information afterwords explains it -Carefully guided tour, the fox rocks sounds to the most interesting -The explorer can bring this back as a features once more but be more similar to 36 hrs maybe 8 hrs in sausalito?

travel

iTunes Blocked in China

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:49 PM EDT (The New York Times)

I think this article is pretty interesting just for the fact that Apple wouldn't give him a official answers to the problem but did not gave facts that would give the reader speculation.

technology

'Hamlet'...the sequel

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:30 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

I thought this article had a hilarious intro/lead. When the writer used the verb required to describe how idiotic Coogan's role is, instead of using something like played. And the final sentence just totally captures the role and stupid funny the movie is.

entertainment