The latest accounting scandal involves a (forgive the laundry list of nations) "Russian-born Canadian under arrest in Germany." It seems the man is allegedly part of an arms-smuggling operation involving Middle East countries, including Iraq -- in violation of the U.N. arms embargo. The man's name? Arthur Andersen. Via Opinion-Journal.
If you're a regular you will have realized that I didn't post nearly as much as normal this past week. Sorry, but I spent the week covering for a guy who went on vacation. His job is much more time consuming and stressful than my normal job usually is. That said, The Heritage Foundation's Alfredo […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune's James Goldsborough penned an incoherent attack on the Bush Administration policy calling for regime change in Iraq. The causes of the Bush chagrin are clear, but first let's address their argument that "the goal is not arms inspections but Iraqi disarmament." That is exactly right, but for Bush to present arms […]
There's been quite a bit of discussion lately in media circles regarding whether or not The New York Times has been using its news pages to promote a political agenda. The American Prospect has published a less-than-stellar defense of the Times and Media Minded has an excellent analysis. Check it out.
I'm not going to defend Secretary of the Army Thomas White from Paul Krugman. I'm no fan of Enron, but I am going to continue to correct a couple of misleading statements that Krugman seems intent on perpetuating. [I]n February 2001 Enron presented an imposing facade, but insiders knew better: they were desperately struggling to […]
If I keep getting letters of this quality, I'm going to have to start another blog just to publish them. I will say that the quality of the letters I receive are much better than those sent to your average newspaper. This one was from an individual who works for the newspaper that one of […]
As part of the promotion for the Stanley Kubrick/Steven Spielberg movie A.I., Dreamworks created an ingenious online game that had Internet cybersleuths trying to solve a murder mystery. The puzzles were extremely complicated -- and unlikely to ever be solved by just one person. So, thousands of people banded together, using their expertise, knowledge, and […]
I used to read The New York Times editorial pages for laughs. Now I read them because, well, someone has to do it. The sad thing is, the Times' op-ed pages are the most monolithic of any American newspaper outside the New York Post or The Washington Times. In today's New York Times we are […]
It's understood in newspaper circles that you don't place certain stories on the same page as certain ads. For example, when I worked at the North County Times we unwittingly placed the bios of victims of the Columbine school shooting on the same page as a gun show ad. Similarly you don't place stories on […]
A friend of mine suggested I comment on the San Diego Chargers (finally) signing first-round pick (No.5 overall) Quentin Jammer. I don't know what Chargers General Manager John Butler was trying to prove by trying to sign Jammer for less than the No. 6 pick. Fans would've been on the Chargers' side if Jammer was […]