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Why Stephen Hawking Didn’t Create the Universe Either

Why Stephen Hawking Didn’t Create the Universe Either

Today, super-genius Stephen Hawking published a Wall Street Journal article called, “Why God Did Not Create the Universe”.  The subheading says, “There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required.” I find this comforting – no, downright exciting!  Not that the universe popped into existence, but that you and...
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Why the BP Oil Disaster Could Get Worse. Way Worse.

Why the BP Oil Disaster Could Get Worse.  Way Worse.

What if the Gulf of Mexico is sitting on an immense bomb on a global scale? And BP just inadvertently lit the fuse? Our MullerOver on-staff geologist, Jacques, may have finally earned his keep when he rushed into our editorial meeting with boxes of charts and graphs like “Doc” Brown from Back to the Future.  It...
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Beyond Petulance. Lessons in Public Relations Taught by BP

Beyond Petulance.  Lessons in Public Relations Taught by BP

If you’ve seen the Simpsons, you know Mr. Burns –  the powerful, greedy and slightly incompetent CEO of the energy company who leads the organization during disasters.  Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Mr. Burns and the BP CEO Tony Hayward in the same room at the same time. It turns...
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Everything I Worked for was Finished … Then I Felt a Hand on My Shoulder

Everything I Worked for was Finished … Then I Felt a Hand on My Shoulder

How difficult is it for an unauthorized spectator to get onto the track during an Olympic track-and-field race?  Well, it’s impossible.  Unless, that spectator is the father of an athlete under excruciating physical and even worse emotional pain.  Then – apparently no level of security can hold back that father from his hurting son....
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Why the Imperfect Game is the Right Call for Sports

Why the Imperfect Game is the Right Call for Sports

This week was highlighted by one of the most gut wrenching calls in baseball history.  A 28-year-old right handed pitcher from Venezuela, Armando Galarraga, was a single out from what is one of the most storied and elusive feats in the sport:  the perfect game.  It’s 27 batters walking to the plate followed by 27...
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New Study: PowerPoint Kills Brain Cells and Hypnotizes Chickens

New Study:  PowerPoint Kills Brain Cells and Hypnotizes Chickens

You know that feeling.  You’re in a corporate conference room and a speaker comes to the front to present a new policy of cover sheets on your TPS Reports.  They distribute a print out which includes of all the slides they’re about to present.  It’s 37 slides of 10 point text! A wave of...
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The Arizona Immigration Law: Since when did Fascism become Fashionable?

The Arizona Immigration Law:  Since when did Fascism become Fashionable?

July 28, 2010.  That’s the day.  Ten years from now when we live in a society which vaguely resembles the one envisioned by our founding fathers and we wonder of when our freedoms crumbled, July 28, 2010 should come to mind.  You see, that’s the day that the Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (often called...
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Bon Jovi and Cheesesteaks in New York State? It could happen.

Bon Jovi and Cheesesteaks in New York State?  It could happen.

Immigration is a major topic in the news this week.  Everyone has an opinion, but there are elements to the issue that still are just considered too taboo to be discussed publicly.  We at MullerOver headquarters are unafraid, and prepared to break the silence on the tough issues that others just won’t say. Specifically,...
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The Cult of Personality… and the Cult

The Cult of Personality… and the Cult

The tales of two leaders: one who creates jobs, and one Jobs who creates.
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Things to Mull Over for the Week Ending Nov. 7, 2009

Things to Mull Over for the Week Ending Nov. 7, 2009

In this week's edition: a bird saving the solar system, the USS New York giving the bird and shocking news about Election Day.
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