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Hi, I’m Jason Clarke. I’m a family guy, writer, and digital strategist based in Orono, Maine. More about me →

Blog Posts

  • In Memory

    “When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future… I know that for America, there will always be a bright dawn ahead.” –President Ronald Reagan

  • More NBC News sloppiness

    Cori Dauber of Rantingprofs is all over sloppy reporting at NBC.

  • Keepin’ it in perspective

    Andrew Sullivan: If someone had said in February 2003, that by June 2004, Saddam Hussein would have been removed from power and captured; that a diverse new government, including Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, would be installed; that elections would be scheduled for January 2005; and that the liberation of a devastated country of 25 million…

  • Settle with us or we’ll bankrupt you

    From the annals of the RIAA’s war against the American people, via Mike Daisey: Tammy Lafky has a computer at home but said she doesn’t use it. “I don’t know how,” the 41-year-old woman said, somewhat sheepishly. But her 15-year-old daughter, Cassandra, does. And what Cassandra may have done, like millions of other teenagers and…

  • Bangor’s Bachelorette

    This is sort of sweet, but mostly funny. A tantalizing snippet: And the “getting to know” was much tamer than reality TV. Michaels and her dates went to local restaurants, roller rinks, sports centers and pool halls – often in groups. For one memorable date, she and six of the finalists, two on-air contest winners…

  • Just caught what I believe is the latest Bush/Chen…

    Just caught what I believe is the latest Bush/Cheney campaign ad, with the tagline “John Kerry’s problem isn’t that people don’t know who he is…it’s that people do.” Besides the fact that it’s a great line- could some of these bright Republican ad men go to work for The New York Times and/or CNN please-…

  • Yeah guys!

    bostondirtdogs.com was just purchased by Boston.com! Congrats to one of the finest baseball blogs anywhere.

  • What it’s like to be a writer for Late Night With …

    What it’s like to be a writer for Late Night With Conan O’Brien, in diary format.

  • His stomach is not allowed to defend our borders

    My good friend Tim was just denied entry into the United States Coast Guard… because he is lactose intollerant!

  • Sheesh

    MSNBC ignores two-plus years worth of outraegous liberal bias by The New York times, but the second the Grey Lady admits wrongdoing in a positive story on Iraq, America’s lowest-rated cable channel is all over it.