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CNN Opps Again

April 17, 2013 – 3:26 pm

Americans have a low opinion of the news media. According to Gallup 55% of Americans have little or no trust of the press. This afternoon CNN’s John King verified this negativity by declaring that the Boston Police had ‘a dark-skinned male’ in custody for Monday’s Boston marathon bombings. AP followed CNN’s lead and their news-breaking […]

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News In America

September 16, 2012 – 10:18 am

TV News in America is basically controlled by six corporations; ABC, CBS News, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NBC News. The print media is dominated by the New York Times Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. Opinion radio is another factor in shaping the perception of the truth, but for the […]

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No Catholics Need Apply

August 13, 2012 – 8:30 pm

When my parents moved to Maine in 1954, my sainted mother asked the realtor if there was a Church close by. “You mean Catholic?” The woman regarded my family of six with anti-Papist disdain. “Yes.” My mother wasn’t one to back away from martyrdom for her faith, however the realtor said, “That’s no problem. We […]

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We Are Those Closest To Us

July 5, 2012 – 12:25 am

The other day my four year-old son and I were train-spotting on the bridge over the Siracha-Laem Chabang railway. A long freight train passed beneath us. After the caboose disappeared from sight I spit onto the tracks. Fenway followed my lead and spat a gob of drool into the air. He laughed with glee. Like […]

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Watch Football Hear No Evil Eat Potato Chips

October 18, 2009 – 4:17 pm

America is the Land of the Free as long as what you say, see, or hear is only what the government wants its citizens to say, see, or hear. This Orwellian bargain was highlighted this week by Congress’ redlighting the release of 21 photographs of prisoner abuse by the US military. The Obama administration offered […]

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