
Five Freelance Tips for the New Economy
What is the new economy? For at least the next two and a half years, it’s not going to be “business as usual.” President Barack Obama’s economic outlook doesn’t favor big business, and that has both its positive and negative…

Rugged Review: Inception (2010)
Here is a summer oddity – a movie to satisfy the male urge of blowing things up, but one so challenging you cannot possibly grasp its complexities with one viewing. Leave it to the guy behind Memento to come up…

Five Notorious Living Sports Moguls, Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em
With the passing of George Steinbrenner early Tuesday morning, this country has lost another one of its sports institutions. For most of his 80 years, Steinbrenner was obsessed with winning championships, and he helped bring many home for his beloved…

Rugged Review: Predators (2010)
Another classic from the ‘80s gets updated for the 21st Century, though this one is not actually a reboot. Pretending that Predator 2, the extensive mythos created by Dark Horse Comics and those less than stellar AVP movies never existed,…

The Five Best Movies of 2010 (So Far)
The five best movies of 2010 is a misnomer when you are only looking at July. Nevertheless, Hollywood has had six months to get it right, and so far, they really haven’t. There have been some clever ideas, cool special…

The Five Most F***ed Up Things About Public Education
Politicians and parents love to bang the drum loudly for educational reform and “holding teachers accountable” for student growth. Teachers need to be accountable. They get that. That’s why they’re in the profession to begin with. They want to make…

Rugged Interview: Warren the Ape
Celebrity rehabilitation is becoming a genre to itself from the Hellish depths of reality television. And while many of these efforts are sad attempts by pathetic has-beens to relive their glory days through the public airing of dirty laundry, none…












