Salon.com has presented a must-read interview with do-gooder FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. The audacity of the FCC chairman is simply unbelievable. First of all, here is the intro to the article: Michael Copps doesn't want to be called a crusader. But as one of the two Democrats on the five-member Federal Communications…
It's that time of year again, when we gear up for the rewards (or disappointments) promised in our celebrations of the Yule Season. Christmas Time! Days of saccharine movies, maudlin songs, a hope for fluffy white snowfall that is somehow miraculously easy to drive through and falls only on grassy…
He can't be, based on his own statements. A journalist is a person who reports - who scrutinizes what the powerful say for omissions or falsehoods, who informs readers what's really going on, who sifts through the spin and digs beneath the surface to get at the real truth. But…
I received the following from a friend of mine, who sent it to his local paper as well. I’ve asked his permission to post it here, in its entirety. It concerns an issue which, while we may hope represents an unfortunate part of our history long outgrown, still rears its…
An ad hominem attack occurs when a person attacks the character of a person rather than attacking what that person said. Here’s an example: “Don’t listen to Tommy. He’s a big fat slob.” This argument is not valid because the attack has nothing to do with the content of Tommy’s…