Robert Reich is becoming my favorite person to rebut. In his piece, “Robert Reich: Donald Trump’s plan to neuter the White House press corps could neuter our democracy”, Reich lays out a progressive list of rehash whining without addressing his own central point. Here is a guide to what he is saying: Reading the […]
The Inauguration
Just wondering out-loud. We’re within days of Trump and the official start to the revolutions. Yes, plural, Trump and the opposition. Whatever shreds of goodwill occurred in the immediate aftermath of the election have long since gone away and we’re left even more divided than the contentious days of Obama. The rhetoric is already off the […]
Tips For The Obstructionist
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 […]