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Conspire: To plan or plot secretly.
The Columbia Journalism Review campaign blog has a good analysis of
conspiracy theory in the context of the Dean campaign. Apparently the The New Republic said Dean’s belief that he was conspired against by party insiders, the news media, and other candidates was a “loopy conspiracy theory.”
The CJR rightly takes issue [...]
The Washington Post reports that the Bush Administration ignored bits of the CIA reports that disagreed with their headlong stumble into war.
In its fall 2002 campaign to win congressional support for a war against Iraq, President Bush and his top advisers ignored many of the caveats and qualifiers included in the classified report on Saddam [...]
As I read analysis of what’s going on in Iraq, I have to wonder: why did the neocons think that different ethnic groups far too eager to shoot and explode each other would be willing to create a nicely behaved democracy once Saddam Hussain was removed from power? And why do they think it can [...]
Our new fascination is repeats of Columbo on the Bravo channel. Sarah’s a big fan of Are You Being Served, and they frequently make Columbo references, so I made sure she got to see an episode or two. We’re hooked.
Anyway, the other night we watched an episode called
Murder By The Book. The concept was pretty [...]
As you may recall, CBS refused to air the winner of MoveOn.org’s “Bush in 30 Seconds” commercial contest, citing it as “too controversial.” (You can
view the ad here, and also read my brother’s excellent coverage.)
The Superbowl must be above controversy. It’s a wholesome national event that belongs to all of America.
Viewers who tuned in expecting a [...]