Maybe, although Carney has denied it. It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if it happened. And Carney’s disclaimer is more or less irrelevant; he has no credibility left. However, it hardly matters if they get the questions ahead or not, because … Continue reading →
When I turned off my computer late last night, it was only a fairly short while after the Australians had announced they were speeding to look at some debris located by satellite many many miles off their southwestern coast (and … Continue reading →
…probably should not venture into the world of Yiddish. Oy, vey! It will only give her tsuris instead of nachas. Note to MoDo: not all “kve” words are alike.
Continue reading →The title of this post comes from an obnoxious children’s rhyme we used to recite whenever someone called us a bad name and we wanted to deflect the charge more effectively than with “Sticks and stones may break my bones, … Continue reading →
Before I get into the details of this, let me just state that the NY Times knows exactly what it’s doing. You may think the manipulation and/or lies of the editors are transparent, but not for a lot of its … Continue reading →
Interesting article by David Weigel in Slate: Romney was right. Why was Obama wrong? Because, I think, he was willfully blurring the distinction between “geopolitical” and other sorts of threats. He was playing to the cheap seats. Voters do not … Continue reading →
Seeing into the future is easy sometimes when you take a look and pay attention: So Russia invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. I’m surprised that anyone is surprised. I’m hardly an expert on Ukrainian history or politics, but I’ve been there, … Continue reading →
The Anchoress has a lot to say about the Obama’s administration’s proposal to use the FCC to “study” the newsrooms: …[The administration is] thinking no one in the mainstream press has asked them a difficult or challenging question in 7 … Continue reading →
I haven’t yet covered the story about this administration’s proposal that the FCC monitor newsrooms to see “whether journalists are producing articles, television reports, Internet content, and commentary that ‘meets the public’s critical information needs,’” although I plan to write … Continue reading →
A law protecting the rights of vendors to refuse to provide services to same sex-couples in the context of marrying or celebrating their marriages was passed in the Kansas House and killed in the Kansas Senate. So it’s now moot, … Continue reading →
Read it. And then wonder whether the NY Times ever gets anything right.
Continue reading →Here’s an article in the NY Times about a new mammogram study that’s gotten a lot of attention. And here’s the study itself. Compare and contrast. The first sentence of the Times article: One of the largest and most meticulous … Continue reading →