Open letter to the media
From Stranger at Blah3: Blah3 – Dear Media: You’ve been played like a ’59 GoldTop. Now what? Listen up, Rubes. You think that for the past six years you’ve been …
Changing Political Culture: Media revolution required
Barbra O’Brien of Mahablog guest blogs at Unclaimed Territory and introduces her series on saving democracy through media activism. I can’t wait to read the rest of it. She says …
When A Net Neutrality Tie Is A Win | TPMCafe
When A Net Neutrality Tie Is A Win | TPMCafe The news stories following the Senate Commerce Committee vote on Net Neutrality pictured it as a defeat for the forces …
SCOTUS: Gitmo bad, no can do
Or, you know, more legalistically: SCOTUSblog: Hamdan Summary — And HUGE News […] the Court held that Congress had, by statute, required that the commissions comply with the laws of …
Van Taylor piles on
Van Taylor wants you to know Van is mad at Murtha for something he didn’t actually say. The Miami Sun-Sentinel misquoted him and no one checked the quote (sounds like …
Does Hillary running mean the post mortum of the liberal blogosphere?
An interesting storyline has developed, with Hillary hiring a prominent blogger. What does it mean? What triumphs or disasters does it bode? I expect the arc to last at least …
The time has come
Atrios: Stand up now. Update: Glenn Greenwald explains why.
Waco's lynching history
This area has been going through a period of reflection and reassessment in the past few years about its rather dark racist history — well some folks in these parts …
Kathy Griffin’s Eye Disaster
I’m a big fan of Kathy Griffin. Love her Bravo specials and her reality show, My Life on the D List is just a hoot. She pokes good natured fun …