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One of America's greatest musicians, Ray Charles, died today at 73. They played both his excellent version of "You Are My Sunshine," and, his rendition of (and perhaps the best version ever done of) "America the Beautiful," on the radio on my way into work today. The guy had talent by the truckloads. He will […]

Editorially, the San Diego Union-Tribune is moderate-to-right on the political spectrum. Those offices are on the fourth floor. On the third floor is the newsroom. The newsroom is largely left-to-very-left. So, I was only moderately surprised when I walked by and heard an editor opining on Ronald Reagan's legacy and state that the reporting ignored […]

No surprise here, but hate-filled, talentless, wacko Ted Rall thinks he's god. Mr. Rall defended the "crispy brown" comment and said it was made "to get people to understand that the right is attempting to canonize this guy, and it is ridiculous. If there is a hell, this guy is in it." Ted, don't be […]

Well, it turns out that the L.A.County supervisors who have voted to acquiesce to the ACLU's demands to remove the tiny cross on the county seal aren't chicken -- they're uneducated. Let us review: The First Amendment to the Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise […]

No suprise, really, but in today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing he "questioned" Attorney General John Ashcroft. Ashcroft: I condemn torture. I think it ... it ... Biden: So it's not justified then? Ashcroft: I don't think it's productive, let alone justified. Biden: Well, I don't either. And, by the way, there's a reason ... I'll […]

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For about eight years I've had my name on the SPJ-L list. Back in the mid-90s the list served as a forum for advice on the craft of journalism, job opportunities and general advice. Starting about the time of the 2000 presidential election, however, the listserv became little more than a collection of conspiracy theories, […]

The media has gotten a ton of criticism (much of it deserved) for injecting the prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison into everything from theater reviews to food columns. The Union-Tribune's Gina Lubrano steps up and acknowledges that, at least in one case, the reference was inappropriate. After seeing the story, White, who was […]

John Kerry, the presumptive Democrat nominee for president, struck the right tone in his statement on Ronald Reagan's death. Others, at Daily Kos, Democratic Underground and (predictably) Ted Rall have not been so...human. I actually called up the Michael Medved show earlier today as Medved was asking for people to come up with similarities between […]

Just got back from watching the latest Harry Potter movie. Excellent special effects. It follows the plot of the book pretty closely. Acting is good. Well worth the money. One slightly annoying thing. Readers of the books would know, but is not explained in the movie is exactly who Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are. […]