Before I write about today's big Rev. Wright story, I have to highlight Elizabeth Edwards' op-ed in this weekend's New York Times. It may seem a bit ironic to praise an article that is critical of the media and the kind of yellow journalism that seems to thrive day in and day out--mostly because we are all guilty of reveling in it--but I'm going to do it anyway.
We've all whined about how...
Our partners at the Uptake put together this great piece on the Pentagon-military pundit scandal. Great job!
Demand an investigation from Congress here.
You should really read New York Times correspondent Barry Bearak's humbling tale of being imprisoned in Zimbabwe for the crime of "committing journalism" as he covered the country's completely screwed-up elections in recent weeks. But if you can't get through it, consider this passage:
But [Beatrice Mtetwa, Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyer] also explained the sinister realities of a...
Don't call it a comeback, he's been here for years. Seriously, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is the pastor that won't go away. Senator Obama has tried his best to shake Wright's rantings loose from his campaign, and whether or not he succeeded this month in the run-up to Pennsylvania was up for debate. But maybe April's showers brought May's flowering of more news on Wright, and we're seeing that...
...about this farcical, non-stop, never-ending Democratic primary. I think the home of the Hoosiers has kept in mind what's really important: local issues, not the DCification of the entire country.
Check out the Lazy Monday they're officially having over at the Courier-Press of Evansville, IN.
My favorite headline is probably the paper's column entitled, "Announcing the great shot put...
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“We’re winning the war on terror... This is the best-trained force we have ever had… This is the best leadership our military has ever had…. We’re winning.”
-- Various “Message force multipliers in a mashup from the Daily Show. John Stewart examines the recent revelation that ex-milliary officials hired by media outlets to give there expert take on US war efforts will still employed...
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Clinton strategist Geoff Garin defends his campaign, and asserts that it has been the Obama camp that has fought dirty in this election. After providing some examples, Garin concludes the following:
The bottom line is that one campaign really has engaged in a mean-spirited, unfair character attack on the other candidate -- but it has been...
In today’s New York Times, Paul Krugman takes a critical look at why Obama has yet to win over white working class voters. It is this very problem that keeps Obama from winning those big important states. But why can't Obama get those votes?
Krugman sweeps the notion under the rug that Hillary Clinton’s negative campaigning is the reason Barack Obama keeps falling short.
According to...
If you haven't seen our latest Ground Hounds episode, watch it now. The first dispatch we've had from a Ground Hound abroad, videographer George Turner takes us to the Young Atlanticists Summit in Bucharest during the recent NATO Summit. From their website:
As world leaders met this April for the largest NATO summit in Alliance history, future leaders from across the Euro-Atlantic...
With the North Carolina primary coming up the state Republican Party has prepared an ad in which they go after Barack Obama for his connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. John McCain has come out against the ad showing far more integrity and respect for his likely fall opponent than his fall opponent's primary competitor.
The problem here is for Hillary Clinton who has viciously gone...
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