McClatchy -- a company that owns numerous newspapers nationwide -- yesterday sold the Minneapolis Star-Tribune for $530 million. What's scary for anyone working in newspapers today (read: me) is the fact that McClatchy bought the paper in 1998 for $1.2 billion. How in the h-e-double hockeysticks does a newspaper drop more than 50 percent in […]
The Democrat Party, old media and a plethora of pundits have been decrying for years the commonly held, but incorrect, belief that Iraq had something to do with the 9/11 terror attacks. President Bush has been accused of perpetuating this falsehood because he'll say something about terrorism in the same speech that he says something […]
The only person in U.S. history who served as both president and vice president without having been elected to either post, Gerald R. Ford, died today at 93. Rest in peace.
The Los Angeles Times reported last week that federal Judge Manuel L. Real (about whom I wrote about here) that a judicial discipline council has recommended that he reprimanded. That's the least the council could do. More needs to be done, he needs to be impeached.
An ombudsman is also occassionally knowns as the "reader's representative," they are someone in newspaper newsrooms who is the first contact for the public and is not supposed to be wedded to the company line. Unfortunately, it appears Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell has abdicated this duty to the readers first, the paper second. The […]
For the past decade it's become a trite saying: What Would Jesus Do? Christians of all stripes have had bracelets or necklaces or other adornments with the "W.W.J.D.?" on them. Unfortunately, for too many people, Jesus' position on any given issue just happens to coincide with what the bracelet's wearer would like to do. This […]
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas holiday. Here's a couple of things for you to read on this day. In the You-Thought-You-Had-It-Bad department, Slate rounds up the worst corporate gifts/parties/bonuses. With evidence that there may be liquid H20 on Mars -- and therefore life -- do you think it's really wise to put a […]
Another Emory University professor has finally had his eyes opened by former President Jimmy Carter. A former president whose legacy has rested on bringing about peace between Arabs and Jews has turned his back on that to become a partisan. A man whose Christian values made him see both sides in a tragic conflict has […]
Durham County District Attorney Mike "Prosecutorial Misconduct" Nifong has dropped first-degree forcible rape charges against three Duke lacrosse players. According to the dismissal form, investigator Linwood Wilson interviewed the accuser on Thursday. "The victim in this case indicated that, while she initially believed that she had been vaginally penetrated by a male sex organ ... […]
I found the Fark headline pointing to this sappy story hilarious. Man loses 125 pounds of unwanted weight in order to become a cop, then gets it right back by getting married two days later