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Labor Day Roundup

– Media sure does love them some fake Republicans. CBS hosts Jon Huntsman. Wishful thinking? It’s hard to overstate how poorly Huntsman is doing. Among Republican voters nationwide, the latest Fox News poll shows him running last with 1% support.

Fears Of Tribal Violence In Libya Grow

Libya is a tribal society, with over 140 tribes, according to CNN. Some analysts are claiming urbanization has reduced tribal identities, and that the population has become much more homogeneous, but I strongly disagree with that, based on theory from

Gwen Ifill Includes Hateful Racialist Tim Wise on Panel

Gwen Ifill of PBS had a “panel of cultural and academic luminaries” at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center last Wednesday. Their purpose was to have an “effective racial dialogue” with one another. As is typically the case when there is

NYT Columnist Friedman Calls for Third Party

This disingenuous position put forth by Friedman is really the best strategy to keep President Obama in the White House. Journalist Howard Kurtz didn’t point out the fact that a 3rd party challenge would most certainly benefit President Obama’s re-election.

An American World Service?

The cover story in the current issue of Columbia Journalism Review is this article by Columbia University president Lee Bollinger calling for an American ‘World Service’: ” … a media institution with sufficient funding to bring the highest-quality American journalism

Your Daily Dose of Reality

How is that relationship working out for you? Does it have you bummed? Has the dip in the market hurt your 401K and other investments? Feeling at a loss? Is life just sometimes too fast? Leaving you feeling alone and

Paul Krugman Meets E.T.

I’ve poked fun at Paul Krugman for his views on health care and British fiscal policy, and I’ve semi-defended him about unemployment subsidies and housing bubbles. Now it’s time for some more mockery. Back in 2001, Paul Krugman received some

Krugman: A Space Alien Attack Will Save Us

CNNs Fareed Zakaria and the New York Times’ Paul Krugman have solved our economic problems. They’ve decided that a space alien attack will save us. Aside from the guffaw factor of space aliens, there was so much wrong with this

Like Father Like Son

According to American journalist Sally H. Jacobs, President Barack Obama shares the same dysfunctional heritage as William Jefferson Clinton, whose father, like Obama’s, drank heavily, had multiple marriages, abused Clinton’s mother, and then lost his life in a car crash.

The Inside Truth About "Journalistic Integrity"

A large chunk of my career (16 years) was spent in the world of advertising. I worked for various advertising agencies planning and negotiating and recommending the placement of media for many top advertisers. Basically I spent money, but since