Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
TPMmuckraker December 18, 2006 * In March, the administration announced it would no longer producethe Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation, whichidentifies which programs best assist low-income families, while alsotracking health insurance coverage and child support. * In 2005, after a government report showed an increase in terrorism around the world, the administration […]
MorelPoynter Online – Romenesko: Cartoonist relaxed when he saw CNN was covering standoff Romenesko Misc. Former El Nuevo Herald cartoonist Jose Varela tells Mega TV: “I never thought my life was in danger [during last Friday’s Miami Herald Building standoff]. Yes, I got scared when the SWAT team shut down the lights in the building, […]
MoreThe Blog | Arianna Huffington: Each day brings slam-dunk evidence that the doomsday threats marshaled by the administration to sell the war weren’t, in Cheney-speak, just dishonest and reprehensible but also corrupt and shameless… The web of half-truths and falsehoods used to sell the war did not happen by accident; it was woven by design […]
MoreCNN.com – Transcripts: Let’s turn to our senior analyst, Jeff Greenfield — Jeff.JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SENIOR ANALYST: Wolf, the political community has gone predictably hysterical over Senator Barack Obama’s presidential flirtation.So, in the spirit of retched excess, let’s take a look not at what he’s saying, but at another crucially vital matter: what he is […]
MorePenguin Modern Classics Obsession Part Six: For your possible edification: The low-fi, necessarily incomplete, increasingly outdated thumbnail gallery that I use for browsing through the UK/Canada Modern Classics covers. Much easier than combing endlessly through Amazons .co.uk and .ca. (Created earlier this year via a few minutes of grepping the text of a Penguin catalog […]
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