Earlier, when I was compiling my snark about the lawyerness of what he said in Columbia, the announcement that Democratic candidate Barack Obama would be the keynote speaker at the commemoration ceremony in Selma crossed the wires and because it was on point for my post, I linked the press clipping without comment ( Read more... )

I don't know who or what alerted me to the story of the 81 year-old Pennsylvania resident's recent visit from the Secret Service. It could've been Yahoo! News, it may have come from a random blog or perhaps it came from one of my lj-friends, I'm not certain and I apologize if I'm supposed to be crediting somebody, but I'm not able to recall ( Read more... )

In his television address, President Bush said; "I've made it clear to the Prime Minister and Iraq's other leaders that America's commitment is not open-ended. If the Iraqi government does not follow through on its promises, it will lose the support of the American people -- and it will lose the support of the Iraqi people."

In her testimony ( Read more... )

From a wire story about James Brown's estate;
Brown is survived by at least four children.

A writer for the Orlando Sentinel used Michael Richards' famous breakdown as a jumping-off point for a story about race relations ( Read more... )

I describe myself as being pro-choice and I consider the other side, right-to-life. Within these two monikers, the very essence of our beliefs are communicated; I believe that a woman's right to choose is of utmost importance, while those on the other side of the question assign more weight to the rights of a fetus ( Read more... )

Everyone has their pet peeves and I am no different ( Read more... )

The blogosphere is starting to get up in arms about a non-issue. It seems that Rep. Micheal G. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has drafted a bill attempting to amend the "Communications Act" with a requirement that schools and libraries limit access to "Commercial Social Networking Websites" to only adults and for purely educational sessions.

After seeing the ( Read more... )

My alma mater, the University of North Carolina prides itself on being the first public university in the nation. The University of Georgia sometimes makes the same claim and there used to be some debate on the subject, but as information has become more free, it looks like they may have reached a truce. UGA was chartered first, but UNC was the ( Read more... )

The BBC, Reuters and The Media Center contracted for a "Trust in Media" poll which sampled ten countries. There is quite a bit of data available, but I found one thing pretty surprising and a few others very interesting and worth repeating.

Below, I'll post a handful of questions and the appropriate responses in table and paragraph form.

Please ( Read more... )