This is a detailed article by Expose, starting off with some of the excuses reporters hear: In 2005, the Associated Press collected and published a list of novel excuses government officials used to deny FOIA requests, many of which failed the "my dog ate my homework" test. The list included,…
Why has the Administration of George W. Bush made so many enemies? It comes from an early intellectual decision to view the world in terms of Good versus Evil. This article in by Glenn Greenwald sums it up nicely. Efforts to impose limits on waging war against Evil will themselves be seen as…
Are they looking for someone with a conscience who will lead a team that will speak with passion and conscience? Are they looking for someone who bases his or her writing on deep principles, letting the chips fall where they may? Keep in mind that this is the modern version of the Post-Dispatch…
At Salon.com, Glen Greenwald describes it like this: If even our Beltway media -- rather, especially them -- argues that criminality by government officials should not be punished, and that light should not be shined on what they do, then pervasive government corruption and deceit are inevitable. That is just…
Ebonmuse looks closely at the religious trends at Daylight Atheism. The recent rates of growth/decline are especially interesting. It turns out that the fast growing "religion" is secularlism. I have to wonder how much more quickly attitudes would change (away from systems involving supernatural claims) if the mainstream media would stop walking on…