Burning Issues: Symbols, Intolerance and the Constitution
The Left Coaster: Burning the Flag Burning Amendment What I do care about is the desecration of the Constitution. Only once in over two hundred years has this country stupidly …
Supremes give Hollywood and corporate ISPs a big wet kiss
Not a Good Day for Innovation, Customer Rights and Free Speech The Grokster file sharing decision was the most notorious of the ones handed down today. But the court also …
Profiteering in Iraq
I watched a hearing (conducted only by Democrats) on C-SPAN addressing the ways in which Halliburton and its subsidiaries are bilking the American taxpayer, while abusing service members. Really almost …
Freedom's big tent
Steve Guillard: The best thing about American journalism is that anyone can do it. No license, no training. If Rachel Carson wants to write Silent Spring or Ralph Nader Unsafe …
Pew surveys public attitudes about media
Summary of Findings: Public More Critical of Press, But Goodwill Persists Public attitudes toward the press, which have been on a downward track for years, have become more negative in …
Exposed: the not-so mainstream media
Big Media Interlocks with Corporate America A research team at Sonoma State University has recently finished conducting a network analysis of the boards of directors of the ten big media …
The Confederate Flag
Steve Gilliard: People all over the world know what they’re looking at when they see the Confederate Flag. Regardless of what those who display the Confederate Flag may say it …
Abortion is good
Kos won’t put this on his front page, but I will. It’s always painful when places you thought might be one of the last few outposts of saniety’s [sic] owner …
Mario Cuomo – Keynote Address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
My Dad’s a pretty mainstream, “middle of the road” Democrat, but he has upon occasion gotten passionate about politics. He still talks about the amazing Keynote Address Mario Cuomo gave …