What is art? Why do we exist?
Open thread.
by Tim F| 28 Comments
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What is art? Why do we exist?
Open thread.
by Tim F| 33 Comments
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Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, but I know.
It’s The Other Steve‘s Fault.
by Tim F| 33 Comments
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Go read Frank Rich. Of course, what he says doesn’t count because he is a hater.
by John Cole| 45 Comments
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A pretty reasoned response to the McCain NY Times story:
I chose not to run the New York Times story on John McCain in Thursday’s P-I, even though it was available to us on the New York Times News Service. I thought I’d take a shot at explaining why
***Admitting that Keller was in a better position to vet the sourcing and facts than I am as, basically, a reader, let’s assume that every source is solid and every fact attributed in the story to an anonymous source is true. You’re still dealing with a possible appearance of impropriety, eight years ago, that is certainly unproven and probably unprovable. Where is the solid evidence of this lobbyist improperly influencing (or bedding) McCain? I didn’t see it in the half-dozen times I read the story. In paragraphs fifty-eight through sixty-one of the sixty-five-paragraph story, the Times points out two matters in which McCain took actions favorable to the lobbyist’s clients — that were also clearly consistent with his previously stated positions.
That’s pretty thin beer.
***This story seems to me not to pass the smell test. It makes the innuendo of impropriety, even corruption, without backing it up. I was taught that before you run something in the newspaper that could ruin somebody’s reputation, you’d better have your facts very straight indeed.
I tend to agree with his reason to not run the story in the Seattle PI- were I Bill Keller, I would not have run it. Maybe some evidence will appear in the following weeks that backs up all the claims in the original piece. I don’t know, but right now this looks like a pretty clear case of shoddy journalism.
by John Cole| 78 Comments
This post is in: Election 2008, Open Threads
Obama by double digits.
New meme alert: The timing of Obama’s speech was rude (it interrupted her Highness during her non-concession concession speech).
by Tim F| 38 Comments
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Now is the time on sprockets when we slow dance.
***Update***