Spot-On: Spotlight

Last week, on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart mocked comedian Whoopi Goldberg for suggesting that dog fighting - a la Michael Vick - was a "southern tradition." You Spot-on reader might have found that familiar. Jeanne Jackson had made a similar suggestion earlier in the week.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a speech this week at Columbia University as was immediately denounced as a crack-pot. Spot-on readers know all about Ahmadinejad's nuttiness. Christopher Brauchli's been on to him for a while.

This week, Jeanne and Chris turned their attention to airport manners and morays. Given their track-records on wondering about the news - or the potential for satire - before it catches on elsewhere, we're calling both these fine bits of writing to your attention.

Jeanne's "Southwest Exposure" is here. And Chris' "Babies on Board" is here.

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Posted by Chris Nolan at 7:41 AM | Permalink

We don't expect all of Spot-on's writers to follow in the footsteps of our healthcare writer Matthew Holt's and launch a full-on conference (the month after his full-on wedding) out of their industry specific blog. But we're duty-bound to point you to the confab he organized next week here in San Francisco. He's been working hard.

Matthew's corralled pretty much everybody's who's anybody in the "user-generated" healthcare space into attending his sold-out Health2.0 conference. Those of you with a particular interest in how technology - of all kinds - is interacting and changing the health care system might want to take advantage of the on-line offers or, perhaps, make a note for next year's conference. Or, maybe with some begging and pleading, you can get an admit this year as Matthew parses through the waiting list.

And yes, this is by way of explaining why Matthew's been scarce around here lately.

Posted by Chris Nolan at 10:25 AM | Permalink

Last year, to mark the 5th Anniversary of the World Trade Center attack, Spot-on's writers filed their memories of that sad day and the aftermath. They are still worth reading, some more so now than a year ago Here they are.

Jeanne Jackson 9/11: The Love

Jonathan Ansfield: 9/11 Beijing: Baoying

Deborah Klosky: 9/11: Close to Home

Matthew Holt: 9/11 San Francisco: "Wars"

Scott Olin Schmidt: 9/11 L.A.: All About Us

Mike Spinney: 9/11: The Letdown

Nicole Martinelli: 9/11 Milan: The Key Test

Marshall Zeringue: 9/11: "American Ground"

Posted by Chris Nolan at 5:46 AM | Permalink