Although we have skewered mainstream media columnists in past essays, this piece marks the first of what will become a somewhat regular feature. Harrop seems like a good place to start, because her work is not completely negative. Indeed, this Providence, RI based journo has been characterized as an independent thinker, who tilts leftward. These
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Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is looking at 23 months in prison for his role in a dogfighting ring. In an era when the value of HUMAN life seems to be near zero, I guess we can take comfort—cold or otherwise—in this protective posture toward animals. Still, don’t you find it a wee bit
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The blogosphere is full of references to the very clumsy attempt at “gotcha” journalism, put forth by MSNBC’s David Shuster on September 24th, when he was substituting for Tucker Carlson. His guest was congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Shuster mocked her for not knowing the name of the latest soldier to die in Iraq from her
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The Members Project is a neat promo set up by American Express. The motto is: Our money. Your ideas. Your decision. The way it works is that cardmembers can submit their ideas for improving the world at the project website. For everyone who registers on the site, Amex will throw $1 into a pot, to
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Perhaps this clueless phony from North Carolina really DID have a plan. Maybe, the idea was to hire Amanda Marcotte to run his blog, and Melissa McEwan as a technical adviser, to give him some cred in the left-wing blogosphere. After all, it is generally the extremes that energize the primaries. Maybe he really didn’t
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Only a few days before the British announced that they had thwarted a major terrorist plot, another story broke that you may have missed. And missing it would have been easy since it was not exactly widely covered by the elite media. It seems that anti-abortion group Operation Rescue purchased a building that was previously
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Many readers will remember that line from Rick Nelson’s 1972 gold record “Garden Party,” that described his experiences during an October, 1971 concert at Madison Square Garden. It was more than a bit ironic that one of his biggest hits would chronicle his frustration with some of his fans, as well as the music business
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Presented by HBO for Memorial Day, and now in rotation on its various channels, this documentary follows John Hulme, Jr., as he tries to put together a remembrance of a father he never knew. Hulme, Sr. was killed during a missile attack in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province on June 30, 1969, when John was only
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Students of the Leftist elite media culture in this country are in for a treat, if they check out the May, 2004 issue of The Atlantic. For in these pages, they will be encounter fired NY Times Executive Editor Howell Raines’ incredibly lengthy (21,000-word) non-mea culpa, entitled “My Times.” Several brilliant hatchet jobs have already
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The frost is on the pumpkin, the geese are on the wing, and your faithful correspondent has to let loose a little. So, in no particular order… The Elizabeth Smart Case Tell me. If your 15-year-old daughter were returned after a nine-month kidnapping ordeal, would you rush out to get a movie deal, a book
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