Editor & Publisher reports that the Clinton campaign is soliciting input for its official campaign song. The official choices are: The Dixie Chicks: “Ready to Run” U2: “City of Blinding Lights” U2: “Beautiful Day” Smash Mouth: “I’m a Believer” The Temptations: “Get Ready” Shania Twain: “Rock This Country” As much as I love U2, Hil’s chances of landing my vote
Read moreI doubt we’ll get the comment approved. But here’s what I submitted to the God’s Hitlist page at Shelley the Republican: Seriously, this is all pretty offensive. I’ve turned this godforsaken site inside-out and can’t find a single mention of either me or Scholars & Rogues, and I promise you, God hates us a lot worse than he does some
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Read moreI think the late Rev. Falwell would agree with the suggestion that there are bad people in the world, people who trade on ignorance and hate and whose lives diminish our collective humanity. And in that spirit, he would certainly agree that we’re better off when such people pass onto their final reward. It’s for Jesus to judge the life
Read moreSo NBC has announced plans for its Fall schedule, and it smells like a trainwreck. They’re leaving Thursday night alone – which is good, although I’m baffled at the idea that there’s “critical” acclaim for 30 Rock. Alec Baldwin is good and Tina Fey is likeable, if not actually funny. And if there’s a writer in America who can make
Read moreWhat a wonderful Friday afternoon story. Apple and friends hit with C&D for “actively avoiding” use of DRM tech Posted May 11th 2007 4:22PM by Paul Miller Here’s a new one on us. Instead of suing companies for infringing on its patents, like all the cool kids are doing, Media Rights Technologies has sent cease and desist letters to Apple,
Read moreThere’s a discussion in a comment thread over at Scholars & Rogues that may interest you, assuming you didn’t see it already. Gavin Chait is promoting the strength of global media (in particular talking about the health of newspapers) and I’m poking hard at a lot of the assumptions underlying the free market argument being made. Predictably, it circles back
Read morePresident George Bush says he will not support attaching benchmarks to funding of the Iraq occupation. Rice: Bush Would Oppose Iraq Benchmarks Bush Would Not Support Bill That Sets Iraqi Government Benchmarks, Secretary of State SaysBy BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Apr 30, 2007 (AP)President Bush will not sign any war spending bill that penalizes Iraq’s government for failing
Read moreOkay, first Mitt made up some wack story about 7-year French marriage contracts. Then he made up that Sueng-Hui Cho shot up Virginia Tech because of video games and the devil rock. (Link.) Now his magical mystery tour takes on foreign policy: Saddam had WMDs but he hid them in Syria. Okay, okay – Saddam may have hid WMDs in
Read moreIn addition to politics, media, music and poetry, I also write about … business (Gavin isn’t the only guy around here working for a living). For those of you care about such things, I’ve just launched a new blog around my consulting biz, Black Dog Strategic. It might be of particular interest to those who track online PR and marketing
Read moreHave a look at this chart on how older vs. younger Muslims in Britain view Islamic issues. I’m not sure exactly how British generational dynamics map onto the US model or how religious cultural issues complicate things, but to the extent that there’s some parallel to America that’s not just young people – those are Millennials. And if you study
Read moreHere are 15 words that ought to get your attention: “…salaried Elections Division employee who had a side-business of selling voter data to Republicans…” Props to Square State for staying on top of this one. A few S&R folks live in Colorado, so this is closer to home for us. But if it’s happening here, what are the odds it’s
Read moreIn my last post I noted that Mitt Romney is on the stump simply making things up. And in another post from April 26 I took a stick to Secretary of State Rice for not realizing that there is no Soviet Union anymore. So what do these stories have in common? (Yes, there are politicians we’d do well to keep
Read moreMitt Romney said a couple curious things Saturday. Fortunately for him, he did so at Regent “University,” which isn’t a place you’re likely to encounter a lot of critical thinking. The most entertaining assertion was this bit: “It seems that Europe leads Americans in this way of thinking,” Romney told the crowd of more than 5,000. “In France , for
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