The Federal Trade Commission has treated MoveOn.org and Common Cause's petition (which I mentioned earlier this week) with the consideration it deserves. From Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris: I am not aware of any instance in which the Federal Trade Commission has investigated the slogan of a news organization. There is no way to evaluate this […]
Today's New York Times finally catches up with the rest of the major media by putting a Sandy Berger story on page A1. Being a day late, the Times report focuses on the fact that Berger quit his unpaid advisory position to Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign. If you think the Times doesn't have an impact […]
Three Indians (from India, not America), two Kenyans and one Egyptian have been reported kidnapped in Iraq. Foreign terrorists and Baathist bitter-enders were emboldened by the Philippines' caving to demands to pull out its 50+ troops to prevent the beheading of one of its citizens working in Iraq. Those three countries can thank the Philippines for […]
The New York Times has a good series of articles on scumbucket insurance agents who take advantage of young GIs. However, even while they're rightfully exposing a great fraud, you can see see that they're failing when it comes to honesty. [W]hen Lanny Peavy, president of American Amicable Life Insurance of Waco, Tex., learned that […]
I'm not going on a summer trip, but for those who are interested in Yosemite, CNN has a good article on climbing Half Dome. I would like to emphasize a point made in the article for those of you who ever want to make the trek: take gloves. I don't mean nice white dress gloves. […]
Today's New York Times has three letters responding to Kristof's Saturday column (fisked below). It should come as no surprise that (as is the Times' habit) they all concur with Kristof's assessment of evangelical Christians. The most galling statement comes from the Rev. G. Patrick Thompson, who recalled something his New Testament professor said in […]
Common Cause and MoveOn.org filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that Fox News' "fair and balanced" slogan amounts to consumer fraud. (via The American Mind) If the FTC actually rules in the two liberal advocacy groups' favor, then I'm going to be next in line with a petition. I'm going to nail […]
That is, if you're an editor at The New York Times. When the news broke late yesterday that President Clinton's National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, had gotten sloppy with classified information, the blogosphere jumped on it. What I found most interesting, however, was how the various media outlets covered it. Or more accurately, didn't cover […]
Today's New York Times has an interesting article on the plethora of books out there aimed at evangelical singles. The piece mainly focuses on women, though there are books out there aimed at men too. Since I've been quoted (anonymously) in one of these books (Single Men are Like Waffles, Single Women are Like Spaghetti), […]
European "researchers" are claiming that the current worldwide warming trend can be attributed to the fact that the Sun is hotter. A study by Swiss and German scientists suggests that increasing radiation from the Sun is responsible for recent global climate changes. Sami Solanki, the director of the renowned Max Planck Institute for Solar System […]