The Philadelphia Inquirer, which has endorsed Republican candidates in the past, is taking a pass this year. Of the 7 GOP candidates for Senate and 5 for governor, the paper went with “none of the above.” That’s partly because the GOP isn’t a pro-business party anymore, and p[...]
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Where should protesters protest?
Let’s start with the First Amendment, which says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Gove[...]
April 26th, 2022 - 10:19 pm § in News Media, Politics
Why are Republicans more gullible?
I don’t think it’s debatable that they are, when you’re talking about the base. On almost any subject, they seem divorced from reality (climate science, election fraud, QAnon conspiracy theories, etc.). Thom Hartmann (profile here), a liberal talk show host, has theories; read them[...]
April 18th, 2022 - 3:13 pm § in News Media
How a (married) Fox host gets dates
Fox host Jesse Watters, by his own admission, wanted to date a young producer (even though he was married at the time). So here’s what he did: “When I was trying to get Emma to date me, the first thing I did was let the air out of her tires,” Watters said. “She couldn’t go […][...]
April 17th, 2022 - 2:46 pm § in News Media, Politics
Another shooting, another GOP rant without solutions
Forgive me for yawning; I can’t help it. This is getting tiresome. As you know, a 62-year-old drifter wounded 10 people on a New York City subway last week. Police quickly arrested him, and we know he has a dozen prior misdemeanor arrests. He’s almost certainly mentally ill, but was able[...]
April 17th, 2022 - 2:27 am § in News Media, Politics
Jerk kicked off train for anti-gay rant
He just couldn’t mind his own business. A bigot on an Amtrak train decided to lecture the 6-year-old son of a gay couple. “Remember what I told you! Marriage is between a man and a woman. They stole you, and they’re pedophiles.” The couple notified Amtrak staff, and the train’s con[...]
Huffington Post op-ed dishonestly attacks Black Lives Matter
Stephen A. Crockett Jr. (photo, left; profile here) is an opinion writer for Huffington Post. He didn’t originate the argument below; I’ve seen conservatives use it to attack Black Lives Matter. (I’m not familiar with Crockett’s work, and don’t know what his political o[...]
Fox personality quietly sacked for “Dr. Mengele” remark
Rightwing firebrand Lara Logan (profile here, photo below) apparently has been pushed off Fox News after her infamous November 2021 remark comparing Dr. Fauci to Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele, who (among his other crimes) conducted cruel medical experiments on Jewish children (photo, right). This week,[...]
What, exactly, are they protesting?
I certainly get the feeling it wasn’t just Covid-19 mandates, but something bigger. In a column last week, Seattle Times writer Danny Westneat pointed out that even though all Washington mask mandates will end two days from now (on March 12), the protests against mask mandates go on, and on, a[...]
What’s Tucker Carlson’s LSAT score?
Tucker Carlson, who’s paid a lot of money by the Murdoch family to be a jackass on TV because that kind of entertainment is popular with people who can’t get into law school,* wants to know what Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT score was. (* He’s one of them. He was kicked out of[...]