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So I'm taking a glance at the AP wire and come across a story slugged "IslamicReform." So, I open it up and take a look at it and it turns out to be headlined: "WASHINGTON TODAY: Islamic countries want U.S. to change Mideast policy." And that would be Islamic reform how exactly?

One of these days I've got to write something really silly and then get it published on the New York Times op-ed page. Today's case in point is a piece written for the page by Will Carroll, a column for Baseball Prospectus. BASEBALL fans are understandably disturbed by the news that several top players, including […]

The jury has decided on the death penalty for double-murderer Scott Peterson. The judge in the case must still formally sentence Peterson, and he can choose to change the penalty to life-without-the-possiblity of parole, but all of the boob-tube commentators say that is extremely unlikely. I haven't followed the case very closely over the past […]

I'm watching ESPN's Sunday Night Football game and they have that "Pass Track" video/graphic. It shows that a pass thrown by Donovan McNabb (which was intercepted) was travelling at 60 mph. Analyst Joe Theisman then says that 60 mph football toss is equivalent to a 101 mph baseball pitch. I don't get it. Is he […]

On the Letters page over at Poynter Online I came across the following letter from Luke Stangel, a reporter at the Palo Alto Daily News. I just got back to the office from the live taping of the Hannity & Colmes Fox News talk show at the Flint Center in Cupertino, Calif. Our newspaper has […]

I just wanted to point ot this New York Times story on two of the Heisman finalists -- Reggie Bush and Alex Smith -- who happened to be high school teammates. That high school is also my alma mater Helix High School.

New York Times hack Paul Krugman has come back from his work on a economics textbook (it is unclear whether he is writing one or reading one) to warn about the horrors of making any changes to Social Security. On Tuesday, Krugman denied that there even is a crisis looming for the program as Baby […]

There's been chatter going around that the report on the investigation of the forged Bush National Guard memos will come out today. I tend to think that while a Clintonesque late-Friday-afternoon-document-dump is likely, I happen to think it will be a different Friday -- the one two weeks from today. As that report nears finality, […]

The use of anonymous sources in journalism is usually discussed in college classrooms in a variety of courses, such as reporting and ethics. Once the student graduates to a real newsroom, all of the pros and cons that were the subject of debate in the classroom seem to just disappear, especially in the so-called elite […]

I saw this story come over the wire this afternoon, and was shocked and moved by it. It requires free registration, but it's well worth it.