Jon Stewart sums up Fox News in slamming the way it edited his highly-touted interview with the news organization's Chris Wallace. The key moment in the interview, Stewart believes, is when Wallace noted that Fox tells "the other side" of news coverage. Stewart says this: The other side of the story. "We don't tell both sides of the story, we tell one side...the other … [Read more...] about Jon Stewart Sums Up Fox News (Video)
Clarence Thomas at the Brink
Bill Clinton has been described as one of those personalities looking for trouble, a guy who sees how far he can go and get away with it. In Bill Clinton's case, "experts" described this as common in a child of an alcoholic. Testing the limits. I haven't a clue what makes Clarence Thomas look for the edge of the cliff and stand there, waiting for a reaction. But it's what … [Read more...] about Clarence Thomas at the Brink
Scalia’s Vacuum & Mukasey’s Paradox
As jurisprudence goes, the last few years have seen legal thinking so daft that one could conclude that it was the babblings of psycho ward inmates. The hand's down babbler in chief is, of course, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who in writing for the majority in turning aside a lawsuit against Wal-Mart by women employees "reasoned" that the failure of the retail giant … [Read more...] about Scalia’s Vacuum & Mukasey’s Paradox
Who Will You Sacrifice for a Soundbite?
Several days ago I began writing a well balanced article about right wing ideas to dissolve, curtail or under-fund agencies (who knows actually) like the EPA and OSHA. Regulations are costing us jobs they say. They say the huge pile of private capital on the sidelines would come rushing to create jobs if only for those burdensome government regulations. I planned to point out … [Read more...] about Who Will You Sacrifice for a Soundbite?
The President as a Pinata
The tone of the 2012 presidential campaign is reflected in that Volkswagen commercial showing an auto-shaped piñata being whacked at a kid’s birthday party. How this image sells the idea of an indestructible car is not clear, but judging from last week’s GOP debate and subsequent stumping, such flailing at everything Obama is the Republican strategy for selling themselves … [Read more...] about The President as a Pinata
Republican Gym (Cartoon)
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Huntsman and the Republican Civil War
The Republican media created the Tea Party and the movers and shakers of the party don't like where things are going. John Huntsman is getting a lot of exposure. David Frum: I was one of 36 people to cast a straw poll ballot for Jon Huntsman at this year’s Conservative Policy Action Conference and, like a lot of other reform-minded Republicans, I admire his concern … [Read more...] about Huntsman and the Republican Civil War
Greece’s Hyrda Headed Economic
You might want to all Greece's economic crisis the crisis that won't start taking -- a toll and potential toll. It's a crisis that seems more grim by the day. USA Today's Scott Peterson writes: The crisis in Greece has been a lot like that never-say-die monster in B horror flicks that keeps popping up to scare the audience, even after it's been gunned down a dozen times. … [Read more...] about Greece’s Hyrda Headed Economic
Four Shocking New Revelations About Mexico’s Drug War
For those of us who live here in San Diego County (I live about 25 minutes from the San Diego-Tijuana border) Mexico's ongoing drug war has been an ongoing story -- but in recent years it has gotten downright horrific. How horrific? Just read these four revelations -- developments that even the sickest mind could not have passed off as reality just a few years ago. … [Read more...] about Four Shocking New Revelations About Mexico’s Drug War
Just When You Thought Demonizing Anti-Obama Polemics Couldn’t Get Lower
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The Latest Cyberspace Star: A Breakdancing Gorilla
Another star is born on You Tube. This time a break dancing Gorilla. The You Tube description from the Calgary Zoo: Zola, nine-years old, is one of eight Western lowland gorillas currently living at the Calgary Zoo as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Gorilla Species Survival Plan. He loves to play in water and keepers regularly give him the opportunity to do … [Read more...] about The Latest Cyberspace Star: A Breakdancing Gorilla
It’s Jon Stewart Versus Fox News Fox News’ Chris Wallace (Video)
A segment on Fox News featuring comedian Jon Stewart has gotten an enormous amount of play on the ideological cable news shows and weblogs with predictable partisan reactions to the comments of Stewart and Fox News' Chris Wallace. Rather than go into a long analysis here, just watch it for yourself. The key issues are exactly who is Jon Stewart -- a comedian or activists … [Read more...] about It’s Jon Stewart Versus Fox News Fox News’ Chris Wallace (Video)
Yale Antisemitism (Cartoon)
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Photo During bin Laden’s Assassination Herald’s Dangerous New World (La Capital, Argentina)
While the United States regards itself as a highly transparent democracy, columnist Enrique Lynch of Argentina's La Capital writes that the photo taken during the killing of Osama bin Laden in the White House Situation Room reflects a blatant and dangerous exclusion of the public more reminiscent of a monarchy than a 21st century democracy. For Argentina's La Capital, … [Read more...] about Photo During bin Laden’s Assassination Herald’s Dangerous New World (La Capital, Argentina)
Who Cares about the U.S. Economy? (Financial Times Deutschland, Germany)
Managing the U.S. economic decline in relation to the emerging economies in Asia, Latin America and elsewhere, is hard for many Americans to take. But as this article by Financial Times Deutschland columnist Thomas Fricke makes painfully clear, there is no escaping the fact that the old rule, "when America sneezes, the world catches a cold" is fast becoming a relic of a bygone … [Read more...] about Who Cares about the U.S. Economy? (Financial Times Deutschland, Germany)
Pakistan (Cartoon)
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Grudge Match Hillary Voter Stories Begin
WASHINGTON - Grudge match articles about alleged disgruntled Hillary supporters remain the fall back fighting position of the Right, a subject I know something about because of my role in the primaries. But it's a very narrow story. Today it comes from Daily Caller, though it could have been from Drudge: “After 2008 [Clinton voters] were basically told get over it, and they … [Read more...] about Grudge Match Hillary Voter Stories Begin
From Austrian Economics to Modern Monetary Theory – and Back Again
As the disastrous consequences of loose money, central banking and a fractional reserve system have become obvious, many citizens have discovered something called the "Austrian school of economics." Its economists have not only made sense of many of the macroeconomic dynamics we are currently experiencing, but many even predicted the malaise. Austrian Economics is in the … [Read more...] about From Austrian Economics to Modern Monetary Theory – and Back Again
Immigrant Demonization Continues: McCain Claims Illegal Immigrants Caused Arizona Wildfires
Has there ever been a politically more manic-depressive pol than Arizona Senator John McCain? This weekend he gave many of us who had supported the old 2000 John McCain hope that he "was back" when he criticized the current 2012 crop of Republican presidential aspirants as being isolationists who would dismay Ronald Reagan. Fair enough. And then he made this comment … [Read more...] about Immigrant Demonization Continues: McCain Claims Illegal Immigrants Caused Arizona Wildfires
The Arts: Preserving the Art of Handblown Glass
Preserving the arts is so many areas is an ongoing struggle as America wades deeper into a 21st century featuring new generations with fresh outlooks and new financial challenges. But it is being done, and vital artistic traditions are being kept alive so that they are enjoyed -- and carried on -- by future generations. One of these is the art of handblown glass -- once … [Read more...] about The Arts: Preserving the Art of Handblown Glass