I’ve been amused by the not inconsiderable number of individuals who sanctimoniously point out that if people in places like Ferguson, say, don’t like
Republicans haven’t beheaded anyone yet…but
I recently watched a segment on Rachel Maddow’s show about how the US State Department is seriously trying to combat the propaganda ISIS puts
Citizen Four: The Oscars got this one right
Having missed it during its initial theater run, I finally got to see Citizen Four last night on HBO, the day after it won
Giuliani: When you say something dumb, be sure to have Republican friends
I don’t know why Rudy Giuliani said what he did about President Obama, but it was just plain dumb. Speaking at a fund-raiser for
CNN quiz show puts reporters at risk of being mocked
There was a day when Walter Cronkite was the master journalist of all of American television news. We knew the serious side of him;
NBC News: Discipline Brian Williams, but look at yourself, too.
More than forty years ago, Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein taught us to “follow the money.” Those words of wisdom certainly
Ukrainians refusing to fight in U.S. proxy war with Russia
In case you haven’t noticed, U.S. mainstream media has been spewing out anti-Russian, anti-Putin propaganda since the U.S. backed coup in Kiev last year.
Why Republicans have it tougher than the rest of us
The Humor Games are almost always won by the left-wing comics. Whether it’s Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore, or whoever, the last laugh
In partial–and only partial–defense of Brian Williams
Brian Williams may be about to lose his position as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News. It is now clear that he
Keystone pipeline vote: corporate money trumps public good
The fossil-fuel industry is reaping the rewards of its three-quarters of a billion dollar investment to secure a Republican controlled congress. But they weren’t just buying