Was the McCain-lobbist story ‘fit to print’?

The New York Times recently published an intriguing story, ‘For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk,’ that alleges a romantic relationship developed between the Arizona senator and a telecom lobbyist prior to John McCain’s presidential bid in 2000.
The Times-McCain story is one of a respected legislator who has been accused in a most [...]

Fidel Castro: Cuban President … Dictator?

The Miami Herald’s ombudsman has written a piece that notes how rarely the Herald refers to Castro as a ‘dictator’ as opposed to a ‘president’ or ‘leader.’
Apparently the Herald has taken some heat for being ‘naive and soft’ on the Cuban leader who recently announced he will not accept a new term as President. The [...]

Race, gender & the White House

So Hillary Clinton is a woman and Barack Obama is a Black man.
The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson wrote a column today regarding that bit of detail surrounding the 2008 Democratic race for the White House.
Clinton’s gender and Obama’s race are, unfortunately, aspects of their personas that are intrinsically part of their campaigns’ foundations. Neither is [...]

And the ‘projected’ winner is …

Primary/caucus season has made it pretty difficult to update the old blog as much as I would like – especially when it seems like focus of the media has been locked on the Obama-McCain-Clinton-Huckabee clusterf*ck to the White House.
And there’s just a mere 9 months left …
This leads into today’s topic – the media ‘projecting’ [...]

Holy crap! Natalee Holloway case ’solved’!

There’s word that prosecutors in Aruba are standing by as authorities pursue a tip from a reporter that may blow open the Natalee Holloway case …
Journalist Peter DeVries says, on his Web site, that the Holloway case will be ’solved’ … as soon as Sunday rolls around … so he can solve the case on [...]