Two excellent posts bounce off an article in The New Criterion that explores why people in the US are so angry at the media.
Kenneth Minogue has a lengthy essay (about 6 thousand words) entitled Journalism: Power without Responsibility.
I have to be honest. I couldn’t wade through it.
However, two posts responding to Minoque are much [...]

There was a school shooting in Minnesota yesterday. A high school student killed his grandparents, went to school and killed seven more people before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide. Fourteen or fifteen students were injured.
Terri Schiavo
The US public has been galvanized by what is going to happen to Terri Schiavo.
U.S. District [...]

The blog, god-of-small-things is no more.
At least for awhile.
Bob Smietana had one of my personal “A” list blogs.
It wasn’t on my personal “A” list because it got lots of traffic, or made all the right noises to move up blog ranking lists.
Bob lives what he writes and he writes very, very well.
He has set the [...]

A Canadian blogger has been in a bit of a dust up with a Toronto CBC radio host.
Angry in the Great White North was objecting to the host not referring to an artist war protest group as being against George Bush. The blogger objects to his tax dollars being used for a public broadcasting system [...]

As I watched peices of the Conservative convention this weekend, and listened to the language of former Alliance and former PC’s I realized this is a party not yet ready to govern. For it’s elected officials and delegates are not yet able to communicate effectively between themselves.
Stephen Harper can win the leadership vote by 84% [...]

The Evangelical Outpost has a good summary of the most recent events with a case in Florida involving a protracted legal battle over the life of Terry Schiavo.
Her feeding tube was removed yesterday and if doctor’s predictions are correct Terri will die around Easter.
The post looks at ethical issues. This case of ethical/medical/legal/political would [...]

British tabloids remain abuzz with the fumbles and problems with preparations for the upcoming April wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The wags are also having their say.

Michigan School Boards and now Michigan State Police think teen blogs are dangerous.
…the Michigan State Police say online threats among children is a growing problem. It used to be that kids wrote their feelings down in a diary or a journal, but now kids are turning to the internet to post their feelings for the [...]