There is a gap in comics journalism: A lack of objective voices.This sounds like hypocrisy coming from me. I criticize the cult of objctivity. The idea that good reporting comes from not having interest in the topic is what I oppose. What often passes for objectivity is actually the cover-up of a journalists beliefs. The […]
This article presents a much better situation than the one in my last post.A Libertarian candidate is bringing up relevant issues, questioning the expense of a new transportation project in suburban New Jersey.SAYREVILLE — One candidate for local office wants to know who is going to pay for the borough’s future park-and-ride lot.Last month, during […]
from Libertarian candidate snarls at opponents at TheState.com (a South Carolina news site)The race for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina has gone to the dogs.Libertarian candidate Reb Sutherland used the word for a female dog to refer to Democratic candidate Inez Tenenbaum in a news release last week.In fact, Sutherland said Tenenbaum was a […]
This article in BusinessWeek in which columnist Alex Salkever admits his analysis was wrong about the iPod mini.I doubt that such “I got it wrong” articles will become standard fare elsewhere in the press (except for the sports pages). Political commentators especially would never admit defeat, so much are they personally invested in a certain […]
Hey! My traffic spiked!(looks at referral logs)I’ve been added to Bill Batty’s blogroll! Thanks Bill!Though he’s been on my webroll for a while. I rarely have linked to posts of his. This is largly because, his blog and mine RARELY overlap in subject matter. His blog, “Time Requires an Argument” is more of a diary, […]
The question of “Pocket PC or Palm?” came up in the Your Mac Life forums. I answered with a third option in my reply.UPDATE 9/25/2004:The Your Mac Life website was redesigned, and the old BBS taken down. There is an effort to put the old archives back up, but until then the above link is […]
Over at Samizdata.net, Robert Clayton Dean explains his own political orientation. What he says there pretty much covers my views as well. (I toss my 2¢ in down in the comments) Each of us are libertarians who do see a limited role for government,but a role that includes the current “War on Terror”
I’ve written before about how the politics of hatred could make some disastrous turns if it continues to be a main feature of political debate, as it has been lately.Jeff Jarvis has further musings on this topic. I wouldn’t agree with his assessment of Kerry being boring, (disingenuous, is how I’d describe him) but the […]
The problem with so much reporting today (ESPECIALLY in the sports, entertainment, business, and technology sub-genres of news) is that reporters seem to get their information from press releases, press conferences and Public (or Press) Relations officials. Virtually no attempt is made at verifying claims by researching them.John “Bynkii” Welch busts open Hiawatha Bray for […]
The Canadian Bulldog tries to cancel his gym membership, and runs into customer service hell.There’s something to be said for talking to machines… At least they don’t give you any lip.
Note: The following was written before the recent Democrat convention in Boston. Rather than scour the post to change everything to the past tense, I’ve left everything as is.Something struck me about the various controversies surrounding the heavy security surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Boston….Instapundit has had posts about how the Secret Service at […]