The District of Columbia is trying to fix its image. Thus, it is spending $150,000 to choose a new motto for the city. The Washington Post reports, “Civic leaders say they are looking for more than just a snappy line.” The Post notes that other states and cities are seeking to rebrand themselves with slogan. The […]
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Goyette Interview Now Online
The interview with Charles Goyette from Friday is now online here in MP3 format. We had a good ol’ time – I hope listeners will get some laughs from the show. Charles is one of the best informed talk show hosts on Bush scandals – it was good to hear his views on how some of […]
LIVE ONLINE Friday (3/23) 11:30 Eastern with Goyette in AZ
I will be on the Charles Goyette show tomorrow (3/23) at 11:30 a.m Eastern time. Charles is one of the best talk show hosts in the biz – and he is gung-ho pro-freedom. (He has been doing interviews recently for Antiwar.com). His sense of humor helps listeners grin ‘n’ bear almost all of the Bush […]
“Damned Proud” of Dead Lebanese Women & Children
Former US United Nations Ambassador John Bolton told the BBC today that he was “damned proud” of how the U.S. intentionally blocked efforts to achieve a ceasefire last summer when Israel was bombing Beirut and many other locales in Lebanon. The BBC summarized Bolton’s comments: “A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted […]
Gonzales’s Fall, Bush’s Impeachment?
Lew Rockwell suggested yesterday that I do a piece on the Gonzales meltdown and how it could affect Bush. Every now and then, I am not immune to good ideas, so I wrote it and he posted it on LewRockwell.com today. I appreciate all the comments I received on the Gonzales blog entries in the […]
Great Recap of Media Debacles etc. on Iraq War
The folks at Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR) have a superb timeline of media duplicity, cravenness, and occasional truth before and during the war with Iraq. [FAIR does some excellent analyses, even if they did scowl at my work in 1991. They tagged me “the media’s favorite opponent of national agricultural programs” and complained, “Bovard achieved […]
Thanks to Bill Thompson and the Ocala Star-Banner
Bill Thompson, the assistant editorial page editor of the Ocala Star Banner, had kind words yesterday for Attention Deficit Democracy. Here is his piece: Following a couple wannabes In case you missed it, America has been at war in Iraq for four years, as of tomorrow. And despite more than 25,000 American casualties and a […]
