Remember the days when you’d bring in the newspaper from the front porch and drop it on the kitchen table, hearing a satisfying thunk as it landed? Remember when the newspaper had […]
Happy New Year, east-central Iowa: Fewer newspapers serve you
The I-80 corridor in eastern Iowa, for those motorists interested only in hastening their way between Des Moines to the west and Iowa City to the east, may appear empty save for […]
Media bias: it's all your fault
The mainstream media has been flogged like a peasant’s nag in a Dostoevsky novel by critics on both sides of the political divide. For those of us who drink the nectar of […]
Obama's Victory and its Consequences, for the US and the GOP
The prize that President Barack Obama won on 4th November 2008 is an America that has little in common with the one his predecessor, George W Bush, inherited in 2000. In 2000, […]
Save the CEOs
by Rich Herschlag This is Clark. Last year, Clark bought a 12,000 square foot waterfront villa in Boca Raton and a 7,000 square foot penthouse in Dubai. His daughter’s sweet sixteen cost […]
Motives for McCain's intervention strategy begin to emerge (updated)
by JS O’Brien Yesterday, Senator John McCain announced that he was suspending his campaign to return to Washington to provide leadership in the effort to save the American economy from what George […]
The Weekly Carboholic: UK says Greenpeace stopped climate damage
In an unexpected development, jurors in the UK acquitted six Greenpeace activists in a case involving £35,000 ($62,591) worth of damages to a coal-fired power plant. The defense had argued that a […]
Spare the Rod, spoil the headline
by Rich Herschlag This summer, we are facing shortages of epic proportions. Fuel, food, credit, and equity are all on short supply, and prospects are looking bleaker by the day. But the […]
Quotabull
Our economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience. — President Bush at a press conference; July 16. We’re spending like a drunken sailor. — Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., predicting the federal budget deficit would […]
Quotabull
I’ll approach Obama with fearless honesty. He’s a liberal. I oppose liberals. That’s all that’s involved here. — Rush Limbaugh on presidential candidate Barack Obama; Mr. Limbaugh has renewed his contract with […]
