RIP Newsman Mike Wallace

Posted: April 8, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: , | 3 Comments

Mike Wallace has died.

I will remember Mike Wallace this way: a pioneer in news and in breaking the silence about depression:

There’s no shame in having it.

Mike Wallace Interview Photo

Mike Wallace interviewed singer Tina Turner at her home in Nice during the summer of 1996. (Courtesy of Mike Wallace)

Mike Wallace: There’s about as much shame as getting Scarlet Fever. No, there is no shame whatsoever.

Tipper Gore also went public in the last couple of years. Her depression was also triggered by an event in her life, a very serious injury to one of her children. That is something a lot of people don’t realize, that there can be a triggering incident. That doesn’t mean it’s not clinical depression.

Mike Wallace: Or genetics can trigger it. A shocking event, the loss of a job, the loss of a marriage, there are all kinds of things. It may be latent in you. As I look back, I believe my mother probably had a tendency to that. But it can be treated, if people would pay attention to it, and when they are given some kind of medication, stick with it. Find the right recipe and stick with it. Sometimes it takes a little while to catch.

 

via the New York Times Media Decoder blog:

Mike Wallace, ’60 Minutes’ Pioneer, Dies
By BRIAN STELTER
Mike Wallace, a pioneer of American broadcasting who confronted leaders and liars for the newsmagazine “60 Minutes” for four decades, has died, CBS News said Sundaa morning. He was 93.

His death was announced on CBS by the anchor of its Sunday morning program, Charles Osgood. The network did not immediately specify when or where he died. Mr. Wallace had been ill for several years.

As one of the original correspondents and hosts of “60 Minutes,” which was started in 1968, Mr. Wallace helped to establish the television newsmagazine format. “60 Minutes” is now the most popular such program on American television.

Mr. Wallace was perhaps best known for ambush interviews of crooks and cheats. Mr. Wallace “invented a new paradigm for television news, creating a signature technique that would become a standard in the industry,” the biographer Peter Rader writes in a new book, “Mike Wallace: A Life.”

Mr. Wallace entered semi-retirement in 2006. He last appeared on “60 Minutes” in January 2008, when he had an exclusive interview with Roger Clemens, a baseball legend who had been accused of steroid use.

In interviews after he retired, Mr. Wallace said he would want his epigraph to read, “Tough But Fair.”

Sunday Morning Picture Show

Posted: April 8, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 20 Comments

So I’m filling in this morning, and instead of doing a traditional AM roundup, I thought I’d just share some interesting photos I found on the Deccan Chronicle’s slideshow section.

Easter celebrations from around the world… this one is my favorite:

In Gauhati, India: Christians on Easter joyously mark their belief that Christ rose from the dead after his crucifixion. (AP Photo)

Did you know that yesterday was International Pillow Fight Day?

In front of Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. (AP Photo)

From Good Friday:

India: The crucifixtion of Jesus Christ re-enacted during a 'passion play' tableau at The Mount Caramel Church in Hyderabad. (AFP Photo)

Also from Friday:

India: Tibetan monks make ceremonial offerings to the Dalai Lama at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery in Dharmsala. Devotees prayed for his long life at a special ceremony in the monastery. (AP Photo)

Ok, so that’s all I’ve got! What’s on your blogging list this Sunday? Happy day to each and every one of you amongst our Sky Dancing community, however you choose to spend it.

The Caturday before Easter

Posted: April 7, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 31 Comments

Lily and Rue, with their ladybug toyz...'cause every day is a regular old Easter egg hunt in this here Ohana.

Good Saturday morning, news junkies!

I tried to get the kitties to pose for Easter, but they were running around too fast for my blackberry camera! This was the best shot from this morning’s photo shoot. 🙂

Links:

There you go–short and sweet. I have a big ol’ stash of Hillary links saved up, but that’s for another post 🙂

What’s on your Reads+Rants list this Saturday? Let’s hear it!

Oh, and Minkoff Minx, please continue to rest up and recuperate! We miss you bigtime but look so forward to having you back and feeling *better* than ever!

Wednesday Reads

Posted: April 4, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 34 Comments

Good morning, news junkies! I’m filling in for Minkoff Minx this morning since she’s going in for the big surgery today (and sending her big big hugs!)

Perusing memeorandum just now, I found headlines like, “Fox’s Heather Childers Tweets: Did Obama Campaign Threaten To Kill Chelsea Clinton?” Let’s just say that I am particularly unimpressed with the latest “buzz.” So, I’m going to highlight a few stories that have garnered less attention but definitely caught mine over the past few days:

  •  ‘Overdiagnosis’ of breast cancer may be higher than thought. [CNN] Or, as Jezebel sums it up:

So what exactly are we supposed to do about this? Well, mainly just be informed, which is medicalese for “be freaked out with no way to help yourself.” It’s clearly a problem, but there is no clear solution. If you take a more macro view, theoretically we ought to stop screening women so early (unless they have a family history of breast cancer), and we ought to be less aggressive in treating certain breast cancers. But that idea obviously becomes problematic when you try to practice caution on any given individual.

  • This next one is a story here in Houston that started out ‘maddening’ and has taken a turn for ‘inspiring’ in a power-to-the-people sort of way… From my local ABC affiliate… Homeless feeding ordinance protestors stage ‘feed-in’ in front of Houston City Hall [abc13.com]:

HOUSTON (KTRK) — A proposal to regulate the way Houstonians feed the homeless has sparked a backlash among homeless advocates.

The city of Houston is scheduled to vote on the ordnance on Wednesday. It’s already been watered down since it was first introduced but some people are still unhappy and that’s why they protested on Tuesday.

In front of City Hall Tuesday, the homeless lined up for lunch. Sponsors called it a “feed-in” to protest a proposed ordinance that would regulate homeless feedings.

  • I love this magazine (and I know Dr. Dakinikat does too!), so this last one warmed my heart… Anthropologists love Scientific American [SciAm]:

Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the founders of Anthropology, said, among else, this in his 1977 Massey Lecture:

Let me start with a personal confession. There is a magazine which I read faithfully each month from the first line to the last, even though I don’t understand all of it; it is the Scientific American. I am extremely eager to be as informed as possible of everything that takes place in modern science and its new developments.

Alright, I’m keeping it super short today because the kitties will NOT let me type. They want their cuddles and their breakfast (wet food for all the wet-food-for-cat enthusiasts out there!) So please help a Wonk out and share your reads+rants in the comments, y’all. And, have a terrific Wednesday!

Lazy Caturday

Posted: March 31, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 40 Comments

Good morning, news junkies… I’m sort of figuring out how to do a photo bomb more space-efficiently, and I’m not particularly fond of the “slideshow” feature on wordpress… so I’m trying out the “gallery” feature instead. I’ve only used it a couple times before, so let’s see how this works out! (If you’re familiar with the slideshow format and prefer that over this, let me know…!)

Oh, and… it’s still my birthday week. So the link dump (following the Lily+Rue photo spree) is gonna be really paltry this Saturday! Enjoy the less-homework like recommended reading while it lasts… 😉

Click on thumbnails to view photos:

Super shrinked Linkage (any puns, unfortunate):

Today (March 31) in Women’s History:

  • Event: 03-31-1776, Abigail Adams wrote her husband when he was in Philadlphia helping plan the Declaration of Independence:
    “Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could… If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”

Okay, before I go, I have a question for the Cat Peeps segment of our Sky Dancing population (I’m pretty sure that segment is upwards of 80% of our community… 😉 )… Anyhow, here’s the q: How do I get Lily to eat her dental treats? She won’t bite! Rue is eating all of them! (Alas, ’twas the same story with the pill pockets…) Is there something else I can use/apply on Lily besides dental treats? I’m talking to her vet, too, of course! Just want all the help I can get.

Alrighty, guys! I’m gonna wrap this baby up and turn the soapbox over to y’all… what’s on your Read+Rant list this Saturday?

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