Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. Democracy dies in darkness. — motto of The Washington Post Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That […]
National Sunshine Week? Hardly.
Journalism’s new (not really) vehicle for delivering news — email newsletters
I don’t read The Washington Post any more. I don’t see a hard copy. I don’t go prowling around its website. Instead, I read four of its newsletters delivered by email every […]
Peddlers of climate change deceit have significant advantages over climate realists
Scientists are as sure of industrial climate disruption as they are that smoking causes lung cancer. So why hasn’t the international community made progress toward addressing climate disruption? There are at least four reasons.
The Boy Scouts of America fail to live up to their own Oath and Law
The Boy Scouts’ discrimination against gays and cover ups of child molestation by Scoutmasters expose the failure of Scouting’s leadership to abide by their own Scout Oath and Law.
Meanings, pt. 1: Post-OJ America
by Michael Tracey “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland So on to the really interesting part: what has it all meant, what […]
Daxis, pt. 3: snake on a plane
by Michael Tracey There had earlier been another development that caught the attention of the local US intelligence services based in the embassy. In July Daxis had told me that he had […]
Jesus, McCain and the GOP: a former Republican ponders the future of the party
Most folks don’t realize it – even people who know me fairly well – but I used to be a Republican. Back when I was younger and, one supposes, more naïve about […]
LA Times: Another editor out for refusing to make budget cuts
Today I’d hate to be the managing editor of The Los Angeles Times, John M. Arthur, 60, or its innovation editor, Russ Stanton, 49. That’s because rumor has it they’re on the […]
The price of anonymous sources: Error hits LATimes' Clemens claim
The Los Angeles Times blew a story more than a year ago that reported a federal affidavit claimed seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens used steroids. How and why did that happen? […]
The value of incompetence: Tank the firm, grab the gold
What do you get if the share price of the company you run topples from $50 to $30 on your watch? What do you get if your principal stockholder bails out, claiming […]
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