May 18, 2008
The same people who excoriated Randi Rhodes for merely opining two prominent Democrats are political whores, have nothing to say about virtually the entire media calling innocent women hookers, even though the accused have neither confessed to nor been convicted of prostitution. Rather than condemning this real misogyny, many "progressives"...
Jeff Norman | Posted April 10, 2008 | Media
All the semantic quibbling about free speech and Air America's purported right to control what its announcers say off the air, overlooks the fact we don't really know if the network and Randi Rhodes had ever agreed her comedy material must be vetted prior to public presentation (not likely), or...
Jeff Norman | Posted April 3, 2008 | Media
When John McCain was asked if it were hypocritical of him to have appeared in a raunchy movie (Wedding Crashers) filled with gratuitous topless scenes after having criticized Hollywood for its marketing of such films, McCain joked: "In Washington, I work with boobs every day." With that carefree...
Chris Weigant | Posted March 11, 2008 | Politics
We begin not with Eliot Spitzer, but with a small history lesson. From the Civil War, two otherwise unremarkable Union Generals (militarily, both are known for their spectacular defeats) who obviously detested each other: Ambrose Burnside and Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Here is Burnside on Hooker, who served under him:...
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George W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself,...
A lot is being said right now to the effect of, "What took him so long?" Some people...
Jeff Norman | Posted April 18, 2008 | Media