In conclusion, 2011 wasn’t my favorite year. OK, now that that’s out of the way, I can pause and take a brief look back on the year that was…not because it’s necessarily a good idea, but because it’s the last day of the year and I’ve got some time to kill. Continue reading
And yet another sensationalized trial has come and gone. A significant faction of the public will be incensed. If not naturally, then fueled by the opinionated back-and-forth by fervent cable “news” commentators. We need to make this go away. Continue reading
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It’s tragic when ideas worthy of consideration are buried under waves of narcissistic bluster aimed mostly for inciting higher ratings or higher campaign contributions. The time has come, this blogger says, to talk of many things; of tea parties and pundit rants, of bedfellows and flings. Continue reading
If even only part of this is true, I hope the administration got a tanker full of SCOTUS-approved re-election contributions for selling out the national trust. They’ll need them. Jerry Cope: The Crime of the Century: What BP and the … Continue reading
If FoxNews didn’t kill non-biased journalism in the U.S., this will. At The Dallas News, a New “Bold Strategy”: Section Editors Reporting to Sales Managers – Dallas News – Unfair Park.
The provisions in the first amendment protecting various freedoms hasn’t exactly been working how it was intended. Continue reading
Walter Cronkite died on July 17, 2009. Understandably, people are focused on what a great newsman he was. He reported concisely, fairly, and rarely broke out from behind the fourth wall. Cronkite and his peers were, sadly, perhaps the last of televisions true journalists. Continue reading
I’ve never been much of a newspaper reader. I am a news reader, however. A better method of delivery than RSS, but just as easy and common, would fit those of us who simply can’t deal with the unwieldiness and expense (economic and environmental) of paper. Continue reading
On her profile on a popular social networking site, a 20-something actress/writer/humorist/cool person directed her friends to get more info on her “new book, new shows, new movie, new boobs”. Needless to say, that’s been quite the attention-grabber. I mean, who doesn’t want to know more about the new book, the new shows, and the new movie? Even so, I think I’m going to go down the road less traveled and concentrate on the “new boobs”. Continue reading
It’s a little known fact that in the United States, the vast cabal that actually makes the decisions often will confer with the Emperor Overlord as to the best way to conduct the affairs of the nation, both large and small. As I was fortunate to find myself in a position to be of use, I thought I’d mention a few things that I’d like to see tended to. Continue reading
