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  • I expected this article to mention McKinley...

    ... who won the presidency from his front porch in 1896. I would think 112 years later, where the candidates are all over TV and the internet 24/7, campaign travel is even less important. Aside from the fact that it's always been done this way, I've never been convinced that hitting the campaign trail and checking off as many towns as possible is ...
    Posted to Map the Candidates by mildmannrdreprtr on October 29, 2008

  • The Edwards Photos

    Enquirer just released the photo (singular) and, well, the Emperor has no clothes. That is, the photo, while not necessarily faked, is not even close to damning, is laughable. I stared at it like a Magic Eye image, trying to see the hidden picture and, um, no. No wonder it took so long to release them. So much for the ''tipping point'', ...
    Posted to Kausfiles by teslock on August 6, 2008

  • Sexual Hypocrisy, Law Enforcement & the InterNET

    Thanks for a very interesting and thoughtful article that addressed current events, came up with new approaches, and put it all together neatly in one, entertaining article. My view on those folks who would employ our law enforcement authorities to charge and convict individual InterNET users, is somewhat different. I see these forceful, legal ...
    Posted to Human Nature by MichaelBernard1 on July 8, 2008

  • Fark

    Back in the 1985 Neil Postman warned of the dawn of this age of non-news in his book Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age of Show Business. It's still worth a read for its analysis of the impact of fark on America's ways of thinking.
    Posted to Press Box by Doc R on June 5, 2008

  • Slate Running to the Defense of Murdoch's Rep

    Rupert Murdoch is a major, worldwide corporatized Media Baron who is wealthy beyond comprehension of most Americans and certainly most people worldwide. Rupert Murdoch owns a media empire that just keeps expanding, and which now includes the Wall Street Journal, and apparently now, New York City's Newsday. I would like to see a complete list of ...
    Posted to Press Box by MichaelBernard1 on April 24, 2008

  • Trend Story Critiques

    Jack Shafer's dissection of trumped-up or phony trend stories is invariably helpful.
    Posted to Press Box by SlateReader on June 18, 2007