Journalist/blogger/media critic Jay Rosen was on the Hugh Hewitt show last week and he said something that I think is spot-on regarding how the media portrays itself to the public: HH: Let me give you an alternative resolution to this, Jay Rosen. The paper should just admit that their journalists are polemicists who carry their […]
It's very rare that I read self-published books. The main reason is that when you even hear about a self-published book, it's usually because you know the author -- Barnes & Noble and other brick-and-mortar stores just don't have the shelf space to dedicate to books that are more an exercise in ego for the […]
There's another thoughtful article on the local case I mentioned earlier this week about a student who wore an "Homosexuality is Shameful" T-Shirt to school the day after a Gay/Lesbian sponsored "Day of Silence." The piece by Dale Carpenter makes the argument that current law, the Tinker case dealing with Vietnam-era anti-war protests, is bad […]