Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Crooks and Liars » 2006 » December » 15 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday the world faces “a new type of fascism’’ and likened critics of the Bush administration’s war strategy to those who tried to appease the Nazis in the 1930s. In unusually explicit terms, Rumsfeld portrayed the administration’s critics as suffering […]
MorePoynter Online – Romenesko: LAT started describing Iraq situation as “civil war” last month Los Angeles Times NBC is the first television network to officially adopt the term “civil war,” while the Los Angeles Times was the first major news outlet to formally adopt the description when it began to refer to the hostilities as […]
MoreWhy McDonald’s Isn’t Free of Trans Fat: Why McDonald’s Isn’t Free of Trans Fat Public opinion is swinging against the use of the artery-clogging fat. But it’s hard for some companies to give up the habit by Pallavi Gogoi On Dec. 5, New York City’s Board of Health voted to ban the use of artery-clogging […]
MoreCrooks and Liars » 2006 » December » 14: The cowardice of Michael Crichton By: John Amato>Everyday I hear something that amazes me. This is one of them. Crichton fictionalizes TNR’s Michael Crowley as a child rapist in his new novel. The battle between anti-global warming activists and their critics is frequently uncivil. Name calling, […]
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