As promised, it’s time to step away from the computer and put my feet up for a few days. It’s been a long time since I really did that. It’s going to be difficult, since I pretty much live with a computer during most of my waking hours. But, a break is needed.
A few things to tide you over:
ABC Seals It: U.S. Corporate Mainstream Media Are Over
If you had any doubt, this seals it. A more shameful display of “journalism” we don’t believe we’ve ever seen. As our friend Susie Madrack of Suburban Guerrilla just wrote in an email, about the new low for corporate mainstream media, appallingly displayed at the [...]
Cafferty on McCain ‘gaffe’: ‘What kind of leadership is that?’
Today on CNN, Jack Cafferty said John McCain’s confusion over Iran and al Qaeda poses serious issues about his leadership: “If John McCain makes another mistake like he did yesterday — where he got the Shia confused with the Sunni confused with al Qaeda confused with Iran — the number of people who want the troops [...]
Study: What Immigrant Crime Wave?
A new study by Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson finds that rising immigration rates in communities do not result in rising crime rates [...]
Clinton’s path to the nomination gets longer, more circuitous
The NYT’s Adam Nagourney explains today that the Clinton campaign is looking at the landscape, and sees a difficult path to the nomination. The campaign does, however, have some key metrics in mind that, they hope, could make matters easier. “Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton needs three breaks to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Senator Barack [...]
By the way, if you’re in this neck of the woods for the NCAA Basketball Tournament, welcome! Enjoy yourself and the fine hospitality that (I’m sure) will be offered. We came here 20 years ago, thinking it would be a quick stop on our career paths. We stayed. It’s home.
