June 23, 2004
An op-ed correction

Thursday's New York Times offers up the following correction on the op-ed page: [A]n Op-Ed article yesterday about Irish attitudes toward President Bush imprecisely compared the populations of Ireland and Atlanta. The population of Ireland is smaller than that of the Atlanta metropolitan area, but not that of Atlanta proper. What does it say about […]

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June 23, 2004
President Bush and AIDS in Africa

President Bush is proposing to spend billions of dollars to help fight the spread of AIDS in Africa (and Vietnam), using a program that has been proven to work, and he still gets grief from the activist community. Nonetheless, some activist groups have accused the Bush administration of doing too little. The fight against AIDS […]

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June 23, 2004
Dumb

I'm all for second chances, but you don't do this. A Democratic group crucial to John Kerry's presidential campaign has paid felons � some convicted of sex offenses, assault and burglary � to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in at least three election swing states. America Coming Together, contending that convicted criminals deserve a second […]

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June 23, 2004
Trust and the media

Earlier this month the Pew Research Center came out with a survey showing that Americans have taken the old axiom to "not believe everything you read" to heart. The report is chock full of what you'd expect -- more Republicans watch and trust Fox News, more Democrats watch and trust CNN, nobody watches MSNBC -- […]

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June 23, 2004
A letter from near the front lines

I got an e-mail today from a friend of mine who's an Air Force officer currently serving in the Middle East. He claims to be far in the rear echelon, though, as you can read, he's close enough that he doesn't have to depend on the American media for his news. Here's my reporting story: […]

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June 23, 2004
Free speech in the public schools

A high school Protest Warrior member got into trouble as he tried to post various fliers around campus. It's a very interesting read.

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June 23, 2004
Book review

I finished Stephen Coonts' latest book, "Liars & Thieves" this past weekend in just one day. It's not the usual Coonts fare with exotic locales and the fate of the world hanging in the balance as hero Jake Grafton sets things right. Instead, it reminded me much more of books by Steve Baldacci -- specifically […]

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