Elections officials in Florida have discovered that the housing situation after four hurricanes hit the state is so bad that people are living in parks, parking lots and a utilities building. The Associated Press checked each address and found only one that matched an occupied house. Most of the addresses didn't exist. Residents at the […]
With a public e-mail address like I have here, I get a ton of spam e-mail. Normally, I just trash it, but this one's subject caught my eye. Pregnancy and sex link established You don't say?
Before each of the presidential debates this year, the New York Times editorial page has invited some noteworthy and some not-at-all noteworthy individuals to pose hypothetical questions for President Bush and Senator John Kerry. Unfortunately, the questions the Times' first feature are no longer available online. But my distinct impression after having read them was […]
Bill Whittle over at ejectejecteject.com has an excellent essay on the way the world is and how President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry see it. The essay is very long, but everyone should read it, because Whittle so clearly describes what's at stake. And although we can not run an experiment to look […]
The New York Times continues to help laying the groundwork for Democrat claims of a stolen election the day after a Bush victory is announced. The "editorial" is little more than a a replay of last month's piece, except for the removal of the embarrassing contradiction. The Times' latest installment in its attempt to cast […]
Today's New York Times contains a bit of self-realization on the part of the Times' reporters and editors -- they don't know enough about the military and how it works. An article yesterday that examined statements by Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards in their debate on Tuesday night incorrectly supported Mr. Edwards's […]
One of the toughest things for copy editors is writing the one column headline. Long words don't work, and, depending on the number of lines, you can only use a few short words. This is not one of those situations. Republicans Glad to Lose on Bill to Start New Draft What does a barely informed […]
The Electronic Freedom Foundation continues to go after the FCC's broadcast flag. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the broadcast flag, it is a bit of code inserted in a digital broadcast which puts rules on how you can use it. For example, you could be prohibited from videotaping a program or saving […]
Following the news media creed that no good news may come out of Iraq, Nancy A. Youssef reports that a survey of Iraqis shows that some aren't interested in voting. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi voters are losing interest in elections scheduled for January, and not because they're worried about security. Instead, potential voters said they […]
I watched the Cheney/Edwards debate. Didn't have the energy or inclination to blog about it after working a 12-hour shift -- half of it sitting in a classroom learning all about the wonders of Adobe InDesign. [Looks like a good, powerful program -- as it should for what they're charging for it.] On the debate, […]