There’s a new study of the costs of the Iraq War. It got some publicity yesterday on memeorandum, among other places. Counting war casualties is almost always fraught with uncertainty and is one of the areas most ripe for exploitation … Continue reading →
That’s the headline of this Politico piece. Pul-ease. “Opens up”? As in, “Gives the usual non-committal, cover-all-bases, completely uninformative answer to a question from a reporter fishing for a story”? …[W]hen pressed about his White House ambitions, the Wisconsin Republican … Continue reading →
…as a hostile takeover?: Multiple sources tell L.A. Weekly that Charles and David Koch — the infamous right-wing billionaire brothers — are considering an offer on either the Tribune Co. newspaper group, which includes the L.A. Times, the Chicago Tribune … Continue reading →
I haven’t yet read the book Triumph Forsaken, but it sounds like a fascinating so-called “revisionist” history of the Vietnam War. And this comment at the Amazon link treads familiar ground, does it not?: A key contributor to the downfall … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about Bill Keller’s Times op-ed giving Obama a little love tap—the mildest of criticisms book-ended between much Republican-blaming—but criticism nevertheless. Well, as you might expect, Keller’s apostasy has not escaped his journalist colleagues on the left, who … Continue reading →
In a way you might say this op-ed by Bill Keller of the NY Times is rather brave. Why? Because he actually, kinda, sorta, criticizes President Obama. It’s even called “Obama’s Fault,” although I’m not quite sure why, because it … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter “Lizzie” wrote: I remember watching the PBS “Ethics in America” episode where Charles Ogletree asked Peter Jennings & Mike Wallace what they would do if they were embedded with and the enemy, and they realized the enemy was … Continue reading →
Back in the earlier half of the 20th century right through my childhood years and up to the Vietnam War and the cultural explosion we call the Sixties, the press (with some more liberal pockets) was predominantly—at least compared to … Continue reading →
No, he doesn’t use the l-word. But he says it nonetheless, and in the WaPo. Of course, the days when Bob Woodward could make presidents shake in their shoes are long gone. Not sure anybody cares now. There’s much more … Continue reading →
I know the term “MSM” hadn’t been invented yet. But Mark Twain knew what he was talking about: If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed. Caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
Continue reading →…read this. And then could someone tell me why Fox’s show “Red Eye” is on at 3 A.M. instead of prime time? And don’t tell me that the sort of problem described at the link is just a drop in … Continue reading →
Part of this humorous rant by Rush Limbaugh is thick sarcasm, and part of it is a straightforward acknowledgement of a new realization he’s come to about Obama. I hardly ever listen to talk shows, and so I’m quite unfamiliar … Continue reading →