I came across this article by former PBS ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin in Salon earlier this week decrying the abolishment of the ombudsman job at many media outlets. It's an interesting subject to me, but the most interesting part of the column is unrelated to the ombudsman's job, it's this: The Middle East has always been […]
When I got home this evening I watched the replay of the San Diego State Aztecs' 73-63 loss to New Mexico. The game airs on an obscure cable network created to serve the cities/teams of the Mountain West Conference called "the mtn." Yes, the all-lowercase affectation is a little annoying. The point: Color commentator Dave […]
I've been following the case of Harper v. Poway Unified School District for years. (For background read here and here.) The short summary for those of you who haven't been following it is that Tyler Chase Harper was pulled out of class for wearing a T-shirt condemning homosexuality at school on the school-approved "Day of […]
Pseudonymous blogger Zombie once again braved the idiocy that is Berkeley and she has photos up, with more photos and video to come. For a lively discussion of the cesspool that is Berkeley, check out the comments over at Little Green Footballs.
I just got done reading P.J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores." The book was first released in 1991, but O'Rourke's observations about the way government in America "works" is as spot-on today as it was back then. Though many of the names have changed (and some, such as Bush, haven't), the "politics" remain the same. We […]
I just got back from seeing the final showing of "Juno" at the local theater. Total number of people in the theater, including yours truly: Five. Juno's gotten a lot of press, both pro and con, because it takes the "unrealistic" and "controversial" plot of a teen faced with an unplanned pregnancy choosing to have […]
As she was growing up in the White House, Chelsea Clinton was, rightly, 99 percent off-limits to probing questions and coverage from the press. No longer. Chelsea is an adult and she's actively campaigning for her mother. She continues to refuse to answer questions from the press -- even if the reporter in question is […]
Last week I noted a comment by an Barack Obama supporter on this site who touted Obama as going to make "everyones [sic] pay equal." Yeah, the commenter is a nut, but it appears as though a lot of Obama supporters share those communist yearnings. That's a screencap from a video you can find here […]
Vladimir Putin has proven that he doesn't know history and he's condemning Russia to repeat it. Vladimir Putin has announced that if NATO does not act in a manner more to his taste in future negotiations, he will take action to let them know he is not to be trifled with by unleashing an arms […]
MSNBC suspended reporter/TV personality David Shuster on Friday after he asked the deeply insightful question regarding Sen. Hillary Clinton's use of daughter Chelsea in the campaign: "Doesn't it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?" MSNBC's decision to suspend Shuster tells us a lot more about […]