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Mar.16.2013
I've been known to speculate that the many attempts by much of the other politically oriented media to program "against" Fox News is the wrong approach, if one wanted to dilute the cable-ratings leadership Fox holds.
My hypothesis: A wiser strategy for progressives would be for a Warren...
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Dec.26.2012
A Trip Through The Google Gateway
Would you use one book to do all your research on a subject? Probably not.
That is what you do when you use Google as your only source.
Google, as wonderful as it is, is not the only search engine in town. It is huge, yes, but still limited. However,...
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Nov.12.2012
Bravo TV’s “Real Housewives of …” series feature women who live in opulent houses, have housekeepers, nannies, make-up and hair stylists, expensive cars, and their own charitable foundations. They spend their days having lunch, planning charity events to promote their products, and...
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Nov.12.2012
Up, or down?
Americans are more divided than ever. Congress is deadlocked. The Euro is collapsing. The markets are jittery. The Supreme Court is set to make a decision soon. Justice Clarence Thomas looks like he really needs to go.
It seems that as long as there have been toilet seats, men...
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Nov.10.2012
Like you, I’ve heard many explanations for why Obama was re-elected. The best yet, however, is this one many misguided religious people seem to believe – that everything is God’s will. We saw this notion expressed in the now infamous remark made by Senate candidate Murdoch from Indiana – something...
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Oct.30.2012
The baboon exhibit at the suburban zoo near our home consists of a large mound of rocks surrounded by a mix of trees both dead and alive. The trees are assembled at angles so that the baboons can run and climb their lengths for a better view of their surroundings.
Being a social crew, the...
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Jul.25.2012
The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network Into a Propaganda Machine(Anchor Books, 2012) is authored by David Brock and Ari Ragin-Havt, two of the active forces behind Media Matters, a non-profit watchdog whose website chronicles the antics of politicians and political commentators...
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Jul.25.2012
The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network Into a Propaganda Machine (Anchor Books, 2012) is authored by David Brock and Ari Ragin-Havt, two of the active forces behind Media Matters, a non-profit watchdog whose website chronicles the antics of politicians and political commentators with...
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Jun.04.2012
Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank and globalization critic, has a must-read essay in the current Vanity Fair, excerpted from his forthcoming book. He analyzes the consensus among plutocrats that our ever-widening wealth disparity is a jolly good thing,...
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Jun.03.2012
Capitol Murder, by Philip Margolin
image via goodreads.com
I sometimes read this sort of pulp; it has many readers, and I often find myself wondering what I’ve missed. Once again, I find I haven’t missed all that much. In such books, the characters are an inch deep, the prose is often...
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