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Lebron James is the Sarah Palin of the NBA
With all of the Tebow hype that has surrounded the Denver win over Pittsburgh, there are plenty examples of just bad, flimsy analysis. I understand the Tebow love, and I understand the Tebow hate....
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Unreal
It’s hard to imagine what I would do if I was in this poor woman’s situation. I probably would have slugged the reporter. Then again, as a white man, I have the luxury to act on my frustrations far...
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Tales Of The World Wide Web.
Just when you think you’ve learned what the world is like at the speed of the internet, you realize that you are in the slow lane after all, and causing traffic. For some people, screwing around on the...
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A Small Question About A Big Story.
Has anyone noticed that the New York Times consistently refers to Trayvon Martin as “Trayvon”? It’s a mixed bag across the major media, actually. Many newspapers and television broadcasts use the name...
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False Equivalence of the Year.
With most of the year ahead of us, we already have a likely winner for the greatest false equivalency of 2012. Sometimes a performance is just so bravura that it’s hard to imagine anything else topping...
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And After All Those Nice Things Newt Said About The Governor During The Primary.
Shep Smith continues to be the only thing worth watching on Fox. I know that American disaffection from politics goes all the way back to the 1790s. But I think it’s cyclical – every few decades the...
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Bad Old Media.
Old Media is going down, listing like the Titanic, too unwieldy to dodge icebergs in the night. This has been the common wisdom for years. Decades even. But to say that print and television journalism...
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Django Uncensored.
I don’t want to make this blog all Django, all the time. But this recent issue-of-the-moment seems pretty relevant to our conversation, as the Larry Ward behind “What Would Django Do?” is the same...
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Stenography.
Conservative writer Joshua Trevino has been getting paid lots of money to do public relations work under the guise of journalism. For nearly $400,000, Trevino has written columns and hired other...
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The Expendables.
I’ve already argued that liberals ought to be more willing to discuss violence in movies, television, and video games. The fact that media violence is an NRA talking point doesn’t mean that it’s an...
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History and Scandals
I’ve been away for awhile – grades and students and graduations! – but while away I’ve caught faint hints of bleating cries emanating from our esteemed Beltway commentariat. See, said commentariat is...
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Presto, Read the Communist Manifesto/Guerrillas in the Midst, a Guevara Named...
Scott Lemieux of Lawyers, Guns and Money is one of the better bloggers out there when it comes to law and political economy, but maybe less so rap music. Lemieux posted a brief item the other day...
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