Rashomon 10: Eleven Views of Afghanistan Push
Nato Troops in Afghanistan have begun a major assault against Taliban-held areas in Afghanistan. Here's how this story is being presented Saturday night by various media outlets.
ABC News
Bombs Slow...
Rashomon 9: Ten Views of Ben Nelson’s Opposition to Obama’s Labor Board Nominee
Senator Ben Nelson(D) of Nebraska is opposing Obama's nomination of Craig Becker, a labor lawyer, for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board. Here's how this story is...
Rashomon 8: Ten Views of Health Care Reform
There is no particular news on the status of the health care reform bill. Or is there?
CNN
Obama calls for talks with GOP on health care, then vote by Congress
LATimes
Democrats...
Rashomon 7: Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address
Yesterday, President Barack Obama gave his first State of the Union address. Here's how various media outlets were presenting the story this morning.
LATimes
Obama strives to revive the spirit...
Rashomon 6: Ten views of Obama’s budget freeze
Today, President Obama announced a proposal to freeze discretionary budget items, excluding security costs, for the next three years. Here's how various media outlets presented this story.
NY Times
Obama Seeks...
Which comes first? The chicken or the egg?
It's 10:15 on a Saturday night and I ventured over yonder to make a decidedly unscientific survey on the commenters. I went to two stories (headlines below) and for...
Rashomon 5: Eight Views of Tonight’s Headlines
Tonight a 7.0 earthquake struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Here are the evening's headlines on various news outlets.
DRUDGE
Hell in Haiti
CNN
7.0 quake hits in Haiti; serious loss of life...
It’s not the just politics
Today I stumbled upon a website called scienceblogs.com. I found a post called "What to do about the Huffington Post's support for anti-vaccine nonsense and quackery?" written by a...
Rashomon 4: Ten views of Christmas Day airplane terror
On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young man from a wealthy Nigerian family, tried to detonate a bomb on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Here's how various...
A bit of perspective to help ring in the new year
Some years ago, I flew down to Guatemala to visit a good friend who had stayed on there after two years in the Peace Corp.
We rented a car...