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 …
Segregation now, segregation forever
Steve Gilliard sees the school voucher program for what it is: tax-subsidized segregation. Voucher programs are sold to black parents as a solution, but in reality offer few alternatives but …
Is America the greatest country in the world?
Or what? Digby knows that the correct answer is not (a nod to Charles Shultz) “12”. It seems to me that if you are a member of the “reality based” …
Give Peace a Chance
By JOHN TIERNEY You would never guess it from the news, but we’re living in a peculiarly tranquil world. The new edition of “Peace and Conflict,” a biennial global survey …
In the Senate, the Escalation of Rhetoric
In the Senate, the Escalation of Rhetoric In the Senate, the Escalation of Rhetoric By Mark Leibovich Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 17, 2005; C01 As a general rule, …
Working the Refs
Eric Alterman, with yet another (quite apt) sports analogy about the media: Much of the public believes the myth about the so-called liberal media, and the media themselves have been …