Author: BostonJoe

I’ve made it two weeks sans any news except the NYTs.  Sure, there has been a headline or two that has leaked through my guard unintentionally.  Seeing MSNBC scrolling along at the pub, misinforming the patrons,...

In my news-lacking world, I had an epiphany over the past few days.  I guess it is not an extraordinary revelation as I start to try to boil it down to the written word.  In fact, I know I’ve read it on dKos and...

You remember the George Bush of post 9/11 when he gave all good Americans a prescription they could follow for assisting in the war on terror.  I can’t remember the exact quote.  Something about going shopping....

I only skimmed the NYTs this morning.  It is like eating gruel.  Boring. These are the page one things that you would know on Friday morning, if your entire world-news view was shaped by the NYT front page.  A...

By an object’s absence, I think you can gain some clarity about the nature of the object itself.  Here on Day 4, I am beginning to see some things clearly about Internet news in general (and blogging on BMT and dKos...