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Entries by Brian Ross from 10/2009

Ted Williams Head: How SI and the Mainstream Sports Media Gave John Henry Williams a Bum Rap

| Posted 10.06.2009 | Media
Read More: Ted-Williams, Baseball, Sports Legends, Mlb, Cryogenic Preservation, Alcor-Life-Extension-Foundation, Alcor Laboratories, Ted Williams Head, Larry Johnson, Ted-Williams-Head, Sports, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Ted Williams, Cryonics, Cryogenics, Alcor, Larry-Johnson, Boston Red Sox, Media, Media News

Let us finally put to rest one myth: Ted Williams was not frozen by his evil son, John Henry Williams.

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Barack Obama and the Downside of Turning Down Lobbyists

| Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics
Read More: Health-Care Reform, Lobbyists, United States Congress, Centrist Politics, Politics, Special Interests, Anthropocentrism, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Obama administration has been unable to master co-option. They have tried to manipulate the puppets on Capitol Hill instead of the people pulling the strings.

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The Bobby Jindal Moment: Obama Drags Media Through Unbearable Civility and Reason

| Posted 10.20.2009 | Media
Read More: Media Criticism, Politics, Media News, Media, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama, President Obama, George Bush, McClatchy Newspapers, Ronald Reagan, Bush, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Beltway Media, George W Bush, Washington Press Corps, White House Press Corps, Bobby Jindal, Media News

George W. Bush was a pro-media president. You wouldn't think so, from the way that he head-locked the press, cherry-picked crowds for public events, ...

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