One of the highlights of my misspent life is reading the Columbia Journalism Review. Submitted for your consideration are two articles that remind the reader that good journalism exists (not in Boston, alas, least not at the Globe). … [Read more...]
Archives for February 23, 2011
Republican Plan: Starve The Fetus
A few years ago, I learned from an article about conservative leader Grover Norquist that the Republican plan for revenues & government was to "starve the beast," cut revenue so much that government would have to cut popular programs … [Read more...]
Practical, concrete ways YOU can support Wisconsin workers!
The Wisconsin AFL/CIO is taking money for donations, to handle food and other needs at http://wisaflcio.org/ Two local restaurants are delivering pizza to protesters and accepting donations as of 2/23/11 to do so; to confirm this is … [Read more...]
Capuano apologizes for Labor Rally remark
It looks like Mike has been quick to step up and acknowledge his mistake, issuing an official apology for his comment at this week's Labor rally. Here's the quote from the Globe article: "I strongly believe in standing up for worker … [Read more...]
The Flawed Arithmetic of a Wisconsin Governor
Yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker warned that "dire consequences" could result if his anti-union tainted budget bill fails to pass, stating that 1500 could be laid of by July and another 6000 thereafter. Walker claims that his bill … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick, union champion
So Deval gets up in front of an angry union crowd and plays "good cop" vs. union-buster Scott Walker. Walker just came out with it. But Deval is doing the same thing, only covertly. He is busting the teachers' union by promoting … [Read more...]
advertising getting out of hand on BMG
It appears that even more space is being taken up by ads lately. Many ads seem to be deliberately long from top to bottom and repetitive between diaries, which calls for additional scrolling. My biggest complaint though is that … [Read more...]
Obama drops defense of DOMA in NY and CT cases
The Obama administration has announced that it will refuse to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in lawsuits filed in Connecticut and New York. Why now, rather than previously? Here's DOJ's explanation: In the … [Read more...]
Scott Walker pwned by crank caller posing as David Koch
This is beyond hilarious. A gonzo journalist who works for the Buffalo Beast (the website is up and down with crashing - read it here if you can't get to the page) got through to WI Governor Scott Walker's personal phone line and took … [Read more...]
Dan Kennedy’s Rose Colored Journalism
Dan Kennedy and the Inside Track hags deserve each other. Talk about shills. In a recent blog post and in the name of "journalism" Kennedy defends the two hags for their actions in an on-going libel suit against them and the Herald. The … [Read more...]