Wald: First visited a nuke in 1979 at CT Yankee. An alternative press reporter was indignant she didn't get to enter the reactor vessel. General interest reporters don't usually understand mechanical things or complex … [Read more...]
NY Times announces its new non-free policy on digital content
A sea change in the making: as promised some time ago, as of March 28, the New York Times will no longer make all of its content free on the internet. Here's a summary of the changes, as set forth in a letter from the publisher: If … [Read more...]
RIP, David Broder
Well, somebody should say it. … [Read more...]
WBZ radio news continues to misinform (Updated)
Two cases in point today: - They continue to report that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker want to remove collective bargaining rights from all state pubilc service unions. This is incorrect - police and fire fighters unions are exempt … [Read more...]
Dan Kennedy on Lara Logan
As he often is, Dan Kennedy is spot on here. I think we tend to take the courage of celebrity television reporters for granted. Though we might understand that a newspaper reporter traveling outside the glare of the camera is running risks, … [Read more...]
Globe screws up Aguilera’s screw-up
As everyone knows by now, Christina Aguilera booted the words to the National Anthem to open the Super Bowl. Whatever. My beef with her is how she sang it (i.e., badly and self-indulgently), not that she messed up the words, … [Read more...]
Future Democratic Leaders of Merrimack Valley Profiled in Lowell Sun
"They are the future of the Democratic Party. The future mayors, city councilors, school committee members and activists of the Merrimack Valley and beyond." - In political game, they're the farm team: Merrimack Valley Young … [Read more...]
Are you part of Deval’s “fussy liberal base”?
So Brian McGrory heartily approves of Governor Patrick's move to oust most of the Parole Board, and some of its staff. Terrific. So do I, for the record. But in an otherwise pretty good column, stuff like this drives me … [Read more...]
Like a seed, sprouting in the mind
In his universal prayer, Alexander Pope makes clear that he knew that the imagination and our thoughts lead to actions. In Rwanda, media was used to create a climate where hundreds of thousands died, because imaginations were fed by the … [Read more...]
Wikileaks Shot Gabby Giffords
Cross-posted locally. OK, technically Wikileaks is a website, and websites can't pull triggers. Unless it's Sarah Palin's website. And so the Republic is tested again. This is the only story in politics right now. The House could declare … [Read more...]
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