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Paul Scott

Rochester, MN
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Posted on 10/24/11 at 09:50 am in response to Former TV reporter Christine Clayburg tells news of corporate clients

The head spins. Let's count all of the uncomfortable assertions in this report: corporations are not getting their message out clearly enough as it is through TV news, reporting for corporations is less inhibiting than reporting for TV news -- you're "in control of the bullets," the camera is a gun, emotional responses that connect with the viewer are an effective way to tackle complex material, it's a small step and a easy transition from reporting TV news to reporting corporate news....

Posted on 10/24/11 at 09:30 pm in response to Former TV reporter Christine Clayburg tells news of corporate clients

I don't know guys, you roll out of bed and haven't had any coffee and here is this story about this brave new world where a reporter is taking his or her skills into the glass towers in order to tell the untold story for corporate clients, who are no longer pitching overworked affiliates for coverage, but rather taking their news straight to the people, no filters, no sweep week nonsense, just connecting emotionally with their message about their mission, and you kind of want to pull your...

Posted on 10/19/11 at 03:45 pm in response to GOP debate: Romney's bizarre moment, Bachmann mostly invisible

I missed the debate. I caught the end of an NPR report on it this morning, though, and in the transition back to fundraising afterwards, Kathy Wurzer earnestly remarked, presumably with a straight face, "wow that sounds like it was a really interesting debate," and I just shook my head.

Posted on 10/19/11 at 10:39 am in response to Heart-disease rate is falling in Minnesota (and much of U.S.)

I would be curious whether the states with the lowest rates have the highest use of statins, and vice versa. I am betting the correlation is not there. I would also be curious about whether this meshes with diabetes prevalence, because I am betting its the same syndrome.

Posted on 10/11/11 at 08:21 am in response to Brodkorb resigns state GOP party post to work on Parry congressional campaign

That testimonial by Tony Sutton looks like something you'd write for the assistant manager of your Baja Sol whose leaving you to go back to school.

Posted on 09/30/11 at 09:32 am in response to New Iowa poll reminds us that politics is a funny game

I believe the word you were thinking of is distain, Mr. Gleason.

Posted on 09/07/11 at 10:20 am in response to Erik Paulsen's usual 'Opie' charm doesn't play well at town hall meeting

Sounds like Erik is dealing with some cognitive dissonance.

The percentage of income taxes paid by the rich is a reflection of the bottoming out of the tax base. That said, as Davids Brauer and Leonhardt point out, the income tax is less than one fifth of total taxes collected and less than half of all federal taxes. So they pay the majority of a fifth, for which they are outraged.

Posted on 08/29/11 at 10:19 am in response to Minnesota's children too often receive ineffective or harmful antipsychotic meds, Strib article says

I'm glad they are looking at the issue, but confused that their solution is more psychiatrists. Where does he believe the message to diagnose kids with bipolar came from? It came from studies ghostwritten by drug companies and signed by prominent psychiatrists and presented at psychiatric meetings and in talks. I don't doubt that primary care people dole out most of the drugs, but they are responding to marketing messages that are the financial backbone of the psychiatric literature and...

Posted on 08/25/11 at 11:54 am in response to Our body odors are not subliminal mating signals

I love this topic. I haven't read the Slate article, but for a contrary view I thoroughly recommend The Scented Ape, by Michael Stoddart, an Oxford educated zoologist and chair of zoology at the University of Tasmania. (That's an interesting post.) He points out that if we aren't supposed to respond to scent, then why do we emit so much of it? We have spots all over our body that do nothing but emit and retain scent. Moreover, we retain a vestigial veromonasal organ atop the roof of our...

Posted on 08/18/11 at 10:54 am in response to I witnessed a dark side of Michele Bachmann's character

I liked this piece. It doesn't surprise me to learn that a supposedly faith-based congressional candidate has behaved like a jerk to a woman in tears, but it does bother me and I think it would bother nuetral observers, of which I am not, and I think it is far more valuable information than her gaffes over the birthdate of Elvis, et al. I think we ought to learn as much as possible about the personal qualities of all persons seeking higher office, especially since so many voter decisions are...