A nice piece by Robert Samuelson on the surprising resiliency of the Bush recovery (I can call it that, right? If we were in a downturn it would certainly be called the “Bush Burst” or something). H/T Jack Kelly at Irish Pennants – a site I like more and more Read more
No longer a “fake” story, but the mainstream press is still not picking up on it. I asked my journalist pal what he thought and he said, “It’s a non-story because no one listens to Air America and who didn’t expect Al Franken to be involved in something sleazy. If this involved Rush Limbaugh it would be a story because he has a huge audience and if he did something naughty it would be more surprising.” Okay, I don’t want... Read more
Julie has this winner. Saint Thomas Aquinas … says if a Catholic comes to believe the Church is in error in some essential, officially defined doctrine, it is a mortal sin against conscience, a sin of hypocrisy, for him to remain in the Church and call himself a Catholic, but only a venial sin against knowledge for him to leave the Church in honest but partly culpable error. Peter Kreeft She also has her excellent and moving personal story at... Read more
You already know the media’s response to the criticism: It’s not their job to lead the cheers but to “tell the truth.” That “truth,” in their eyes, is the war was an unjustified, costly and ill-planned quagmire. Our news media can proclaim it is not their job to help President Bush win the war on terrorists in Iraq. But their job ought to be to cover all of Iraq, and not just show the American people a stilted nightly horror... Read more
Betsy Newmark – that tireless educator who is all for getting kids interested in reading – is appalled, and I think rightly, at the hottest new book for teenagers which Betsy says “glorifies the life of a suicide bomber.” Writes the Telegraph: A new novel for teenagers about a mixed-race girl who trains to become a terrorist suicide bomber has become a bestseller in mainstream bookshops since its publication a month ago. Checkmate, by the award-winning children’s writer Malorie Blackman,... Read more
This is pretty interesting: The board of The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) has voted unanimously to reverse an earlier decision to give its annual Conscience in Media award to jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller, E&P has learned. The group’s First Amendment committee had narrowly voted to give Miller the prize for her dedication to protecting sources, but the full board has now voted to overturn that decision, based on its opinion that her entire career,... Read more
Along with the great Michael Kelly and the courageous David Bloom, we mourn the loss of Steven Vincent – another reporter who clanked when he walked and dared to depart from the mainstream media templates to simply report the news. Lorie Byrd has been all over this, and has excellent links. Michelle and LaShawn have more. Read more
…has caused Venomous Kate to ask for some help from the blogosphere. She took her son for a bikeride on Monday night and wiped out, knocking out her two front teeth, cracking a few others – it all sounds pretty awful, and she’s looking at a tremendous dental bill, part of which needs paying before they can begin work this Friday. NOTE: The paypal button on the link doesn’t work. If you are able to help Kate out, use the... Read more
Oh, heavens. A really, really bad idea. From Drudge. SENATOR DENOUNCES REPORT CALLING FOR UN GLOBAL INTERNET CONTROL Mon Aug 01 2005 18:43:18 ET Washington, D.C.-Senator Norm Coleman today submitted a statement into the Congressional Record denouncing a final report issued by the United Nations’ Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) suggesting that the U.N. assume global governance of the Internet. Since its inception and creation in the United States, the U.S. has assumed the historic role of overseeing the... Read more
I remember during the 2004 elections, some Democrats kept saying, “Ohio – things were not right in Ohio!” And I recall some Republicans replying, “Ohio? What about Philadelphia? What about St. Louis?” I admit, I hadn’t followed up on it. Charges of voter fraud just upset me, no matter who makes them. But this is not a charge, but what appears to be a fully researched report, and it is not good news for the Democrats…which means, I guess, that... Read more
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