All posts tagged Politics
Fit to Print Trailer
Below is a really terrific video trailer about journalism and all the noise made by 24-hour political channels (er, Fox News, maybe?). The trailer is for “Fit to Print,” a documentary about the decline of newspapers. It features Paul Gillin, …
How to fix Congress
My good friend and high school classmate Gordie Stuart is far to right of me, but I think his idea of putting Congress on notice cuts across party
This Democrat feels betrayed by Coakley’s Incomptetence
As a Democrat, I feel utterly let down by Martha Coakley. In a word, the campaign she ran against Republican Scott Brown STUNK! Except for the last 10
Police officer miscalculated with Henry Louis Gates
Here's where I think the police officer went wrong with the unfortunate incident this week involving Henry Louis Gates. Rather than apologize at the scene once he understood




John: Simmy, thanks for the note. We adored Jorge, but I am reluctant to sen...
Simmy Atkins: We just found your fantastic article on your April visit to Cuba. We ...
Laura: No discussion because maybe we all intuitively feared we knew that is ...
John: Hi Judy, I posted it about a week about and sent the link along to Sa...
Judy Larkin: Hi John, I have been waiting for your article on Cuba. I finally fou...