This week, Huffington Post betrayed their membership and their tentative promise to respect the anonymity of their current members by now requiring ALL members to provide verification of their personal identity if they want to post at the site.
I never wanted to be a pundit.
~Robert MacNeil
Let's get this out of the way early. Almost all of us dislike punditry for various reasons. There may be a voice or two out there that we all hold in some...
Trump has both sides promoting his propaganda. He doesn't care if it's simultaneously being condemned by Dems. There's an old Hollywood saying, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." For propaganda, that's especially true.
The people have the right to expect that those they elect are held to a higher standard than Mafia bosses (which may be why Christie has pulled his nomination of Whitey Bulger to be Attorney General).
Kids,
I want to reiterate that we had a pretty good Friday, considering the technical glitches. Actually, I just want to tell you that AdLib's efforts were heroic and he was turning his efforts away from important professional responsibilities, and...
We all know that organizations infiltrate our blogs, our message boards and our forums to pimp their viewpoints and sell their products. At some point, however, these corporate entities go too far.
Here's a brief run down on what has...
The bastards.
Any advice on how to frustrate them?
Our words are what define us as a society, in many ways. Words may be turned into images, such as plays, or movies, or even defined further through actions associated with the words, but it is the words that...
The loss of integrity in today's corporate journalism stands out in great contrast against the legacy of the remarkable Bill Moyers.
People just don't know and won't believe that the President doesn't legislate.
This tax cuts brouhaha is another "death panel" debate. It's when someone takes a concept, labels it and spins it like a top. We all know the origin...
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