QUERY : Does a newspaper have the responsibility to provide reasonable Fact Checking when publishing a politician’s submittal on its Editorial page ? Recently, a number of newspapers moved cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s Doonsbury series on proposed legislating mandates requiring intrusive vaginal examination from the Comics section to the Editorial section … well, after reading Michelle [...]
It’s funny what you find when you do an update check on a previous story, as I sometimes do. I found this little news story by accident, but it is worth sharing here. For those of you who are curious, here is the original vigilante on vigilante shooting post I wrote, from earlier this month. It is worth noting [...]
First cross posted here Rick Newman, U.S. News writer for MSN wrote an excellent post recently on the issues of Obamacare, more correctly called the Affordable Healthcare Act. Before the darned thing passed, I read it, the whole long legislation. Do I understand it? I think so, reasonably well. But I wouldn’t consider myself expert, [...]
cross posted from Penigma.bogspot.com: If they cheat to get elected, how can you expect those people from that kind of a party to give you honest government? Clearly, you can’t expect honest government, and the conservatives who do it won’t deliver it to you – and neither will those who don’t engage in corruption, but still are [...]
crossposted from Penigma: A 2009 shooting in Utah demonstrates the problems with Shoot First laws, as drafted and promoted by ALEC and conservative Republican legislators that expands the ability to shoot upon belief of threat off the premises of one’s own property. This was exactly the kind of incident that law enforcement, prosecutors and opponents of [...]
This information was shared with me this morning. Please share this information via Facebook, Tweet about it, and talk about it. FYI, The Service Employees International Union is concerned about health care, economic fairness, and the dignity and worth of workers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Karen Louise Boothe March, 19 2012 Communications Director SEIU MN State [...]
Parts of the right wing blogsophere are trying to whitewash ALEC, and at the same time to denigrate the NCSL. For those of you who are unfamiliar with one or both organizations, let me give you a brief introduction, because people on the right want to misinform and disinform you. They will tell you they are [...]
cross posted from Penigma I thought the denial of information in Ignorance Only (what the right prefers to call the more modest sounding abstinence only sex ed) was bad. I thought the insistence that the Ignorance Only sex ed that FORCED teachers to provide medically, scientifically inaccurate information about topics like contraceptive failure was bad. [...]
QUERY : Does Freedom of the Press reject “We Report, You Decide” ? Well, the St. Paul Pioneer Press refused to publish Doonesbury (see below) in print because “[t]he editors have decided the commentary in some panels is inappropriate for the comics section in the newspaper” … thus, if they will not report it, you [...]
State Representative John Kriesel (R-57A) writes in announcing his decision not to seek a second term : I am proud of the work that I’ve done at the Capitol. I worked hard to represent all the people of my district equally, not just those that voted for me. Although I’m certain there is not one [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
