Today’s must-read is E.J. Dionne’s Washington Post op-ed, Coming Soon: The 21st Century. Just as the 70s didn’t really begin until the winding down of the Vietnam War in 1972, this century is going to begin a little later than scheduled. Some thought the new century may have begun with 9/11, but as Dionne points… Continue reading Coming Soon: The 21st Century
Month: December 2008
George Will’s Paranoia
Someone please help me out. Why is George Will obsessed with the possible return of the Fairness Doctrine? Who are the “reactionary liberals” he fears who want to reinstate the doctrine that called for a balance of perspectives on the publicly-owned airwaves? Because liberals have been even less successful in competing with conservatives on talk… Continue reading George Will’s Paranoia
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