Stephen Spruiell has an interesting article that gives "the rest of the story" on a Seattle Post-Intelligencer column that purported to show Marine recruiters attempting to "draft" a recruit. The column is one-sided and outrageous. There are all sorts of quotes attributed to unnamed Marines, but the source for all of those quotes (and the […]
It seems that I'm not the only one who has noticed that the New York Times editorial page has serious ethical problems.
Today's New York Times editorial contains a falsehood. I've sent the following letter off to the Times' Byron Calame. Mr. Calame, Good luck with this new job -- you'll probably need it. I'm writing you with regard to Sundays editorial entitled "The Center Can Hold." There is a factual error in this editorial that needs […]
Still no Social Security plan, and I only have to go 1 sentence into Krugman's latest column to call it bolshevik storytelling. Baby boomers like me grew up in a relatively equal society. Says Krugman about late '40s, '50s and '60s -- as millions of blacks were fighting for their civil rights.
A report released Friday on "abuse" of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay reveals that Muslim prisoners have abused the "holy" book three times more often than the infidel guards. Color me unimpressed with all of the brouhaha over the Cuban "gulag" and the outrage over the treatment of the Muslim "holy" book. Compare the treatment […]
CNN announced today that they would be knocking down numerous interior walls and enlarging the building's front entrance in order to accomodate the ever expanding ego of Ted Turner. Turner, not known for his modesty, credited his own efforts for helping to end the Cold War, and noted that he launched the Goodwill Games in […]
The New York Times first ombudsman has finished his term -- and started up a nasty fight with the Times' most notorious hack. You can check out the latest salvo here on the new public editor's "Web Journal" (it's called a "blog" guys!). I'd like to highlight one comment from Dan Okrent that reveals that […]
I didn't really pay much attention to last week's article by The New York Times' Thomas Friedman urging the United States to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention center for terrorists. Why? For a couple of reasons: First, even if I tried really, really hard, I couldn't care less what the press in foreign countries […]
And his name is Hal Holbrook. I mean, W. Mark Felt, former No. 2 at the FBI. A lot of you have read many articles about Felt, but don't overlook this one by a former reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune, James Crawley. You see, to Crawley, W. Mark Felt has always been "Uncle Mark." […]
P.J. O'Rourke's got a plan I think just about everyone can get behind. THE GREATEST PLEASURE OF RUNNING a country (although no politician will admit it) is getting to tax people. We Republicans decry exactions and imposts and espouse minimal outlay by the sovereign power. But we control all three branches of government. This won't […]