Inquiring minds

While I was trawling the internet and hanging out with my dehumidifier, thank-you crop destroying rainfall, I came across this little tidbit. The national enquirer will compete for the Pulitzer Prize — an award whose motto is honouring excellence in journalsim and the arts since 1917.
The tabloid is being considered under the category of investigative reporting and national news reporting for the work it did breaking presidential candidate, John Edwards' extramarital affair.
Apparently there was some debate regarding whether or not it would be considered. It should be mentioned that this same paper has reporting on Richard Simmons' "alleged" sexuality.



In my mind the papers chosen for Pulitzers should not only have that exceptional, attention grabbing series, but also a respectable body of work. Then again, maybe this should act as a flare for the state of journalism.



In other, non-enquirer news, scientist discovered, what they are now calling, the oldest shoe in a cave in Armenia. The 5,500 year old loafer was found near the Turkish and Iranian borders and is estimated to be about a modern-day size 7. Made of cow hide, the shoe predates the Pyramids of Giza by 1,000 years. Armenians everywhere are beaming with pride — cradle of life people, cradle of life.