The most fundamental questions of journalism are Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. With those questions, you can get into the specifics of anything that has occurred. Without them, there can be no details and, worse, no accountability. Unfortunately, too many members of the news media have forgotten them. When Michelle Bachmann said recently […]
I don’t want to say Ben Carson has been embellishing stories from his life, but he’s just been endorsed by Brian Williams. Meanwhile, the Twitterverse is having fun creating facts for #BenCarsonWikipedia: Some respected scientists believe that aliens built Mount Everest to get closer to heaven. Susan B. Anthony was a robot. Stonehenge is a […]
From my friend Will Durst, a column entitled, “Who Would Want This Job?” It’s like a train wreck. Fascinating, repellant, and loud: all at the same time. Talking about the American presidential sweepstakes. And, as ratings for the last few debates seem to indicate, very hard to look away. It was Winston Churchill who called […]
With Joe Biden officially out of the race, Lincoln Chaffee’s chances of becoming president just tripled, because 3 x 0 = 0.
After seeing the new “Star Wars” trailer during Monday Night Football, so many people went online to buy tickets to the movie that they crashed the Fandango website. For a film that won’t open until December 18th — two months from now — this horde had to get their tickets now. I don’t get it. […]
In an interview with Salon, Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the dangers of unenlightened policies that aren’t based on scientific facts: For example, we live in a time now where many on the conservative right continue to be in denial of anthropogenic climate change. The problem that I see is that if you remain in […]