Category Archives: Media

The Day Bin Laden Died

Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Osama bin Laden changed my life.

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Leverage the Media to Drive Traffic to Your Site: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part III)

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In the beginning, driving traffic to a blog can be very challenging. However, one way to direct traffic to a site early on is to comment on online articles published by traditional media. When submitting comments on traditional media outlets, there are several rules … Continue reading →

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Race to the Bottom: Superman Versus Captain America

Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy.” — Superman So much for truth, justice, and the American way. Recently, two American cultural icons have turned their back on America to varying degrees. In January 2010, … Continue reading →

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More Nerd Humor from Climate Scientists

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The above video is a humorous little ditty (warning: some profanity) about climate change that I discovered via Joel Makower’s Twitter feed. In my opinion, the nerds in this video push the evidence for the anthropogenic causes of climate change a bit … Continue reading →

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More Posts Generate More Page Views: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part II)

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

One of the first goals of any successful blog is to find ways of driving traffic to one’s site. It is all about getting attention. One of the most obvious initial lessons about blogging is that the higher the cumulative number … Continue reading →

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Born Fighting: Entertaining Account of How Scots-Irish Shaped America

Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America is Senator Jim Webb’s historical account of how the Scots-Irish ethnic group has strongly influenced the American character. It provides a comprehensive history starting as far back as the Celtic migration from Central Europe to the … Continue reading →

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Another Data Point Against Obamacare

Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“The medical marketplace has really become dominated by the large national carriers…It’s really because it’s not anywhere we feel we can compete effectively.” — Richard Jones, Guardian Life Insurance spokesman Last week I received a letter from my former healthcare … Continue reading →

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Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging: Part I

Posted on Monday, May 9, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

My decision to start blogging started with a desire to publish a book. I went the traditional route and spent about a month writing a book proposal, and submitting query letters to agents. I got lucky and landed a phenomenal agent. … Continue reading →

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Is the Next Election a “Lock” for Obama?

Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

With the successful elimination of terrorist mastermind, Osama bin Laden, President Obama’s prospects for an election victory in 2012 seem much brighter. In the wake of bin Laden’s death, Obama’s approval ratings have surged 9 percentage points since April from 47% … Continue reading →

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Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment

Posted on Saturday, May 7, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. I posted an article last month that compared the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that time. I felt compelled to publish this article because … Continue reading →

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