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Another day, another corporate crime

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Via Susie: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation’s 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was joined by his two Republican colleagues in favor of the proposal, while the commission’s two Democrats voted against it. … […]

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New York Times: According to named Republicans, unnamed Democrats fear a Hillary candidacy

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan, but I had the same reaction as Kevin Drum to this morning’s article in the New York Times that claimed that Hillary would be a threat to the re-election of some of the (if there are any) vulnerable Democrats in the House. The article specifically mentions Kansan Nancy Boyda, […]

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Weapons of mass distraction, Courant edition

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I was so disappointed this morning as I perused the front page of the Courant. Not a single story about a disabled person struggling mightily against their particular disability. But I perked up soon enough, because there in the place where I expected my daily dose of pathos was a vitally important story about three […]

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Could anybody really be this stupid?

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Mark Halperin gets to occupy real estate on the op-ed pages of the New York Times, while confessing to a level of stupidity that can only be described as mind-boggling: MORE than any other book, Richard Ben Cramer’s “What It Takes,” about the 1988 battle for the White House, influenced the way I cover campaigns. […]

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Reagan, Republicans and race

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Over the course of the last few weeks Paul Krugman and David Brooks, both columnists for the New York Times, have been trading blows about Ronald Reagan. The general charge is that Reagan made coded appeals to white racism as part of his campaign strategy, consistent with the overall Republican electoral stategy since 1968. The […]

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Krugman spreads the word

Friday, November 16, 2007

I am second to no one in my admiration for Paul Krugman, the almost lone voice of reason among the elite punditry. But as someone who, each day, tries to think of something fairly original to say to differentiate myself from the thousands of other blogging types, I must say that Krugman has it easy. […]

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The Courant concedes defeat, at least for now

Thursday, November 8, 2007

(Special to CT Blue) Despite its best efforts, the Hartford Courant was forced to concede today that its campaign to instill irrational fear in the minds of Connecticut residents has been largely unsuccessful. According to the paper: Connecticut residents are more likely to check their doors at night since the Cheshire slayings, but most have […]

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Loose lips sink only liberal ships

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

It seems that MSNBC is thinking of hiring Rosie O’Donnell, and people are talking. Is MSNBC tilting leftward? Is someone out there finally going to serve the vast numbers of people who have no desire to feast on a one course meal of right wing red meat? But MSNBC has some strange concerns: O’Donnell’s ”loose […]

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Our liberal media

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. So they say anyway. Every day we see evidence that we haven’t been vigilant enough. Clear Channel Communications, which dominates radio in this country, has silently decreed that Bruce Springsteen’s new album will not be played on its stations. Apparently even its rather cryptic criticisms of our exalted […]

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A Heckuva Press Conference

Friday, October 26, 2007

Some days you just feel like phoning it in, and this is one of those days. On such days it’s nice to have something to write about that is so absurd, so monumentally outrageous, that it practically writes itself. I know, you’re probably saying that’s been the case since January 20, 2001, but some days […]

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