The FISA application for surveillance on Carter Page finally was released to the public on Saturday, in a heavily redacted but lengthy version. Saturday is the time that news stories ordinarily go to die, but this one has gotten quite … Continue reading →
You may recall that I’ve written about the content/process distinction before, particularly here: When I was studying interpersonal communication and how to track an argument, one thing that was very much emphasized was the difference between content and process. Content … Continue reading →
Or rather, homophobia is excused and even celebrated by the Times if it’s in the service of anti-Trump propaganda. I already wrote such a long post today on the Trump-Putin news conference and the media storm around it that I’m … Continue reading →
The MSM has long been an organ of the Democratic Party. But as the Democratic Party moves further and further left (or is merely more comfortable showing its leftist core and banishing its more moderate wing), the MSM has been … Continue reading →
It’s a huge and important topic, but I haven’t written much about either so far. It’s not for lack of coverage; there’s plenty of that. It’s from weariness at the spin. The MSM are doing the usual catastrophizing. Trump is … Continue reading →
When mass murders happen, there are usually three stories. The first is the shooting itself and the violent ending of innocent lives. The second is the story about the story, told by press and pundits before they know much of … Continue reading →
What, only fifty-two?
Continue reading →It occurs to me, on reading many many reactions from the left to Justice Kennedy’s resignation, that the left had gotten to thinking that the Court was theirs, and that any change towards conservatism was illegitimate. Against the march of … Continue reading →
Another iconic photo of a child that doesn’t document the situation it claims to illustrate: She has become the poster child for family separation at the border — and the subsequent moral outrage against the Trump administration — but the … Continue reading →
Of course not. But sometimes they do, and apparently they have since time immemorial. At the link you’ll find two colorful quotes on the subject. The first is from NY Times editor A.M. Rosenthal in the late 70s, who said … Continue reading →
I wrote two posts yesterday about the illegal immigrant family separation issue (this and this) in an effort to get at the facts and the law behind the tsunami of MSM propaganda on the theme. It wasn’t easy, but it … Continue reading →