Bad News for Fox - Brit Hume Stepping Down

Today, Michael Calderone of Politico writes about Brit Hume’s swan song at Fox News. After the election, Mr. Hume, who joined the cable news network during its fledgling days back in 1996, will be significantly cutting back his duties, which currently include anchoring Special Report at 6 p.m., anchoring big political night coverage, and serving as the managing editor of the news division. One fun moment from the piece: ABC News’ Sam Donaldson, who is 74, questions why Mr. Hume, ... more

Brit Hume just caused coronaries in McCain headquarters; he accidentally called Ohio for Obama. Less than a minute later he corrected himself; the check box on the screen had been marked in error.... more

Is it just me, or is Hume blatantly acting like a man who is about to retire, and therefore is going to do whatever he wants on his last election night? addthis_url = ’http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poliblogger.com%2F%3Fp%3D14414’; addthis_title = ’Brit+Hume’; addthis_pub = ’’;... more

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080521/american_airlines_reductions.html?.v=5 I normally fly Southwest, but for whatever reason Lindsay and I flew American to Austin this week. I didn’t have any major complaints aside from the fact that we spent more time sitting on the plane waiting to taxi than we should have and that the crew didn’t turn the air on for an inordinate amount of time sitting on the blistering tarmac at DFW. Now, I noticed a sign at the check-in counter that American... more

http://www.ostpa.com Our thanks to our friends at the Ohio State Tractor Pullers Association for featuring the Great Buckeye Tractor Cruise on their website . And, good luck to all the pullers this season! To quote a certain cable-guy, Git ’er Done! ... more

http://www.wizardacademy.com Lindsay and I are spending the week in Austin, Texas at a business seminar. It’s not often that we get away from the farm that we aren’t heading to an ag-related conference, convention, or live broadcast, so in that sense, the trip is somewhat like vacation... Except, of course, that we’re focusing on business more or less the whole time we’re here. Which, considering the fact that we love the business we’re in, the audience we vi... more

http://boringmadedull.blogspot.com/2008/05/those-evil-food-profiteers.html - Tip ’O The Hat to fellow Ohio blogger The Boring Made Dull for a couple of the following links - The situation of food price hysteria in the mainstream press has reached near-epic proportions. Earlier in the week on the ABN, we featured House Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson of Minnesota commenting that the misreporting about the causes of food price inflation is the biggest challenge facing ... more