New York City, NY -- The Clinton Global Initiative's panel on Building Parternships to Empower the World's Smallholder Famers at the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue here sat down and there were two familiar faces on the stage. One was from the political world: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsak. The other...you just KNEW you knew his face from somewhere. Why, it was … [Read more...] about Solutions and Consensus Focus at Clinton Global Initiative Versus Partisan Bile
Extremists and the Media Put World on a Hair Trigger: La Nacion, Chile
As we've been pointing out over the past few weeks, concerns over events in the United States that are perceived as Islamophobic are global in scope - in this case, from South America. This article by Raul Sohr of Chile's La Nacion warns that people both in and out of the Muslim world best tread carefully, so as not to allow the next attack to trigger events even worse than … [Read more...] about Extremists and the Media Put World on a Hair Trigger: La Nacion, Chile
The Forest and the Tree
Real Clear Politics does a "gotcha" on Barack Obama's comment made in a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus: … [Read more...] about The Forest and the Tree
The Costs and Gains of “He Said/She Said” Journalism
One consequence is that traditional news organizations are losing good reporters and the new media is gaining them. … [Read more...] about The Costs and Gains of “He Said/She Said” Journalism
Signs of Hope and Gloom: Tweet theft, new heft, new judges, old mortgages, and OK Go with puppies!
The nation’s fourth-largest home lender halts evictions of homeowners in 23 states this week. Seems like someone forgot to actually read the paperwork! In a related story, no one on the face of the earth has ever read an entire software licensing agreement before initialing. Ethicists and theologians speculate if engaging in the forced practice of initialing is actually … [Read more...] about Signs of Hope and Gloom: Tweet theft, new heft, new judges, old mortgages, and OK Go with puppies!
Who Is “Multi-Format Inc”?
Apple Sued for the Sale of Video Programming on iTunes (Jack Purcher / Patently Apple) http://j.mp/bMbZK7 http://techme.me/A5Fo 20 minutes ago via Techmeme That's the tweet from TechMeme that alerted me to the "news." The lawsuit appears to be concerning the sale and enabling of downloaded video content like movies and HDTV programming on iTunes to all of Apple's hardware … [Read more...] about Who Is “Multi-Format Inc”?
CEO Salaries – You Would Not Want Them
We all know that cash is merely a means of facilitating barter. It was invented tens of thousands of years ago to bridge the gap between the stuff I need now and the time when I can provide something back of value. The objective is to effectively value the services provided by the various participants in the economy. Is it perfect? In the huge picture it is pretty darn … [Read more...] about CEO Salaries – You Would Not Want Them
The Decidedly Unconservative Nature of the Tea Party Establishment
The Tea Party movement is a nebulous mass of citizenry, uncoordinated, not centrally directed, with no discernible "leadership," and actually rejects the hierarchical organizational model for a fierce, unbridled independence. Your mama. If recent events in Delaware as well as the growing electoral involvement of the tea party movement tells us anything, it is that an … [Read more...] about The Decidedly Unconservative Nature of the Tea Party Establishment
Unsustainable Growth
A few weeks ago I wrote: Our economy is built on cheap natural resources. While oil gets most of the publicity to day it's not just oil. We are also approaching cheap copper, cheap iron, cheap rare earth minerals, cheap phosphorus and yes cheap water. Our credit based economy requires economic growth to pay the interest and that economic growth is dependent on cheap and … [Read more...] about Unsustainable Growth
Jimmy Carter Tells Us Too Much
As President, he was the boring guy at a party who explains everything but gets little, least of all his own failure to connect with people. Three decades later, Jimmy Carter is still amiably garrulous. If, during four years in the White House, he was always dictating his thoughts, why insist on sharing them now? On claiming that Ted Kennedy kept him from enacting … [Read more...] about Jimmy Carter Tells Us Too Much
Where’s Ed Newman When You Need Him? (Guest Voice)
Where’s Ed Newman When You Need Him? by Michael Winship I was in London last week when news came of the death of the great NBCnewsman Edwin Newman, 91 years old. Turns outhe and his wife had been living in England since 2007 to be close to their daughter, but I suspect part of him chose to be there for the same reason the lateAmerican humorist S.J. Perelman migrated to the … [Read more...] about Where’s Ed Newman When You Need Him? (Guest Voice)
Breaking the Eleventh Commandment (Guest Voice)
Breaking the Eleventh Commandment by Tina Dupuy In order to “make news” something must be… new, or weird, or unusual. It’s already assumed we know the old and usual - so news is the opposite of that. We read about outliers and changes happening in any given day. Anything sticking out as different is considered newsworthy. So anti-war protesters protesting (yawn) gets … [Read more...] about Breaking the Eleventh Commandment (Guest Voice)
Frog Kiss Obama
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Xenophobia is Again in Fashion Around the World: Folha, Brazil
The disturbing turmoil in the United States over Muslims and immigrants is not at all an isolated case. Columnist Clovis Rossi of Brazil's Folha newspaper writes that even nations considered the most tolerant in the world are experiencing right-wing upsurges that bode ill for the virtues of tolerance and coexistence. For Brazil's Folha, Clovis Rossi writes in … [Read more...] about Xenophobia is Again in Fashion Around the World: Folha, Brazil
Did Saxby Chambliss Aide Leave Threatening Anti-Gay Slur?
The hateful comment was left today by "Jimmy" on a Joe.My.God post about the DADT cloture vote. Joe gave his geek readers the commenter's IP address and told them to get busy! The geeks complied quickly. The AJC's Jim Galloway takes it from there: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss confirmed Tuesday that he investigating whether one of his staffers left a threatening slur on an … [Read more...] about Did Saxby Chambliss Aide Leave Threatening Anti-Gay Slur?
Jazz Shaw Featured Guest on The Rick Moran Show
You won't want to miss tonight's Rick Moran Show, one of the most popular conservative talk shows on Blog Talk Radio. Tonight, I welcome Rich Baehr of the American Thinker, political pro Jazz Shaw, and IDB's Monica Showalter for a discussion on tea party politics and other hot topics making news. The show will air from 7:00 - 8:00 PM Central time. You can access the live … [Read more...] about Jazz Shaw Featured Guest on The Rick Moran Show
Poll: More than Half Of Americans Admire Politicians Who Don’t Compromise
Are the concepts of consensus and constructive compromise oh, so 20th century? Apparently so if the latest Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll conducted by Pew Research is examined. It portends an increasingly divisive, polarized, partisan and angry political near -- and perhaps long term -- future: Nearly half of America -- including … [Read more...] about Poll: More than Half Of Americans Admire Politicians Who Don’t Compromise
Mexican Newspaper Gives In To Drug Cartel
In a move that I think most people can understand, a leading Mexican newspaper in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has conceded that the drug cartel is the de facto government of the region and has asked them to tell the news media what they can and cannot report. Given that a number of reporters in the border regions have been killed for being critical of the cartel, one … [Read more...] about Mexican Newspaper Gives In To Drug Cartel
Montana GOP Senator Aims to Strike Anti-Gay Law
You've no doubt heard that the Montana GOP adopted a plank in their state platform outlawing homsexuality . Well, a GOP State Senator wants to get rid of a state law that bans homosexuality: Republican State Senator John Brueggeman of Polson is taking a stand on homosexuality, and is proposing a bill which would strike language from Montana law which prohibits … [Read more...] about Montana GOP Senator Aims to Strike Anti-Gay Law
Enthusiasm Gap
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