Monthly Archives: November 2005

Language

As part of an article on the traitor Randy Cunningham I noted the following choice of words: No fewer than seven lawmakers, including a Democrat, have been indicted, have pleaded guilty or are under investigation for improper conduct What’s interesting is that the writer is trying to make the point that, whoever happens to be [...]

Who will rid me?

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Briefly, Bush appears to have wanted to bomb the offices of Al Jazeera in Qatar (I’m no expert, but that would appear to be an act of war against a sovereign nation, i.e. not a small deal). Blair is said to have talked him out [...]

Overly Optimistic

OK, so I got a bit carried away. I thought that we were seeing signs of actual insightful reporting from journalists, rather than just the literal act of reporting what someone told them. I waswrong: Woodward’s testimony appeared to contradict Fitzgerald’s assertion that Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was the first official [...]

Signs of Journalism

The more I read about politics, the more it irritates and frustrates me outside of any partisan motivations I might have. One of the things that I dislike is the lack of accountability politicians face from the press. In the UK an MP will be challenged on a point, and if he gives the sort [...]

Still alive

…just not in a blogging frame of mind. But to keep the blogging tradition of inane commentary alive even here, I just noticed that my arms have turned Minnesota-pasty once again. I guess winter is really here.