Each week here recently, I read three or four news pieces where Democrat leadership, left thinkers and left celebrities vow to obstruct the upcoming presidency and Republicans in general. For example, Robert Reich (.org) who was sensible and well reasoned in the immediate aftermath of the election about where his party went wrong, penned a […]
The New New Media
FYI: we are watching a substantial shift in media power occur right before our eyes and to most people, it isn’t considered anything other than a small aberration from big media’s business-as-usual. In a nutshell: old media is newspapers and Walter Cronkite on TV. So was/is Brian Williams, Anderson Cooper, and USA Today. All cable […]
TIR 12/31/16 Free Speech and Anti-Semitism
Link: Free Speech and Anti-Semitism Web Publication: Wall Street Journal, by Ruth R. Wisse Shalom in danger For several years, Israel has not been a hot topic in my news focus though it once was. My life history has been punctuated by the major events of Israel. I remember riding in the family car as […]
TIR 12/26/16: Obama Quietly Signs The “Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act” Into Law
Link: Obama Quietly Signs The “Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act” Into Law Web Publication: Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden 1984 When I saw the title of this piece by Tyler Durden, it occurred to me that this is the most Orwellian law that I’ve ever heard of from our government. So yes, this is a […]
Just Keep It Up
In the recent election, I as an Independent voted Libertarian, Johnson. Like many, I regarded Trump as unqualified and believed Clinton to be an even more disastrous choice in spite of her government experience. In the aftermath, I can point to the dissection about why she lost as example A – through infinity to explain […]