Censorship

Bad Words

F*ck. This topic's like an oily rag waiting for spontaneous combustion: the arguments are old, predictable, and sure to enflame.

UnJustin

The woman should be punished, the reasoning follows, the man excused because "she led him into it".

Super Fowl

The real apology goes to MoveOn and other organizations which paid good money to air ads critical of the Bush Administration.

Overrun in Atlanta

Doubtless, media pinionists will be all over the crowd for disturbing this "solemn ceremony".

Fog of War

The fog of war can take many forms: propaganda, disinformation, lack of witnesses. Or maybe the lack of American Middle East experts who can understand Arabic

Not fit for American Television?

Now why do you suppose that this didn't make it to the American public?

A Comment Worth Looking At
A new comment on an old article is worth looking at: War photographer Jon Mills on "Biased Impartiality": Many photographers...

Taxes by Corporations on Us and Other Suppressed Stories

Do you want your local cable company deciding what is fit for you to see and what you should not see (like the European press and this weblog)?

Self-Dating and Cancer

I think Zonker had the answer: "Hey, did you guys hear that self-dating prevents cancer?"

Franken Wins

The plaintiffs seemed to believe that freedom of speech means that they can say whatever they want and no one can criticize them for it.

Can you Hear Me Now, You Bastards?

I don't care what you think of labor unions: this kind of behavior by Verizon deserves censure.

It was in The New York Times....

It's got to be true, right?

"Fair and Balanced" is No One's Property

This isn't "Things go better with Coke", "the Pepsi Challenge", "Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should": this is declaring that phrases like "liberty and justice for all" or "ham and eggs" can be owned by one person.

Free to Criticize?

A very clear case that the guns of our government aren't being pointed in defense of our freedoms but in direct assault against them.