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March 8, 2010

People don’t trust mainstream journalism because it has forgotten how to even aspire to present reality

New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen has written an enlightening essay titled “The Quest for Innocence and the Loss of Reality in Political Journalism”. It’s an academic’s way of saying the news is kinda fatuous because often news organizations strive too hard to be ‘objective’ in a way that misses the point – they … Continue reading People don’t trust mainstream journalism because it has forgotten how to even aspire to present reality

February 23, 2010

Believe it or not, Republicans have good health reform ideas too

There’s an op-ed in the New York Times from five conservatives with constructive ideas on how to improve health care reform: Bill Frist, Mark McClellan, James Pinkerton, Charles Kolb and Newt Ginrich. Well, at least four of them have sound ideas. I think that former senator Bill Frist’s snarky intro that the Democrats have “failed … Continue reading Believe it or not, Republicans have good health reform ideas too

February 11, 2010

How to ruin terrorists in one fell swoop, and why it won’t happen

There’s a great big elephant in the war on terrorism room, and its name is spelled war on d-r-u-g-s. According to the conservative Middle East Foundation think tank, drug trafficking, an estimated $2 trillion market per year, “has become the best weapon for terrorists. Beyond helping terrorists to finance their wide range of illegal activities, … Continue reading How to ruin terrorists in one fell swoop, and why it won’t happen

February 3, 2010

Movie review: Invictus

Hopes are understandably high throughout the rugby playing world for Oscar-winning actor & director Clint Eastwood’s new film Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Springbok rugby captain Francois Pienaar, set in the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. For one thing, many hope a positive depiction of the game … Continue reading Movie review: Invictus