It’s taken several months, but now that the 2012 elections are well over and in the rearview mirror, the media can’t avoid covering the scandalous actions the Obama Administration has taken with regard to the September 11, 2012 attack on the US embassy in Benghazi. Not that they didn’t try to avoid it, but the [...]
Yesterday, April 15, 2013, on the 117th running of the Boston Marathon some person or persons currently unknown set and detonated 2 bombs long the final stretch of the race course. The first exploded literally at the finish line, the second roughly 1 block from the finish along the course on Boylston Street. At the [...]
It’s a deja’ vu moment for we Virginians to see that a New York newspaper thought it was “newsworthy” to publish the names and addresses of people who had followed the law and registered their handguns with the state. The Westchester Journal News published the story on 22 December and included a searchable, interactive map [...]
Welcome to the new year. So this is what life after the end of the world looks like. Who knew? 2012 was certainly a year of ups and downs, and plenty of the latter. It’s no secret that the elections didn’t turn out the way I wanted to see them go and I do believe [...]
This story was from a while ago, during the Chick-fil-A dustup, but I saw a prime example of something I feel isn’t handled with enough care by our colleagues in the news media. The story was reporting on how social media can tend to skew your perception of the world. Author Gregory Ferenstein had been [...]
As I was driving to work yesterday morning I listened to the early news reports about the Aurora, CO massacre. When I got to my desk I pulled out my phone and put a quick update on my Facebook wall saying: Just heard about the Aurora, CO shootings this morning. I know it’s tempting to [...]
Wisconsin Democrats, so supremely confident just 6 months ago that they were going to absolutely crush Gov. Scott Walker in this recall election they’ve forced, have now become so desperate they’ve taken to outright lying in a flailing attempt to overcome the momentum Walker seems to be riding. Those wonderfully well-sourced and coolly analytical people [...]
The series of storms that raced though the DC area on Friday, 1 June, were quite strong and had all the potential of spawning tornadoes. But, despite multiple “tornado warning” announcements during the afternoon and evening, I didn’t hear a single confirmation that a tornado had actually been spotted. Now comes confirmation that there were, [...]
Obama got in another round of golf yesterday but then broke protocol yet again and ditched the press corp that follows the President around, ostensibly keeping we peasants citizens informed as to what our top employee is doing with his time. In a breach of long-held tradition, however, Obama’s motorcade left Andrews without the reporters [...]
On Friday President Obama officially launched his re-election campaign. I say “officially” because the fact of the matter is he never stopped campaigning after winning in 2008. The results of his 3 years in office amount to failure on failure and the only thing he’s been any good at – arguably – are the stump [...]
