Archive for August, 2007
The Case of the “Intifada” T-shirt: Don’t Be Niggardly with That Gay Swastika!
Monday, August 13th, 2007When I was a kid, in Boston in the early 1970s, bumper stickers of the “England Get Out of Ireland” variety were not uncommon. And my mother, an Irish ex-pat, while never overtly militant, very much enjoyed playing the spirited and nationalistic records of groups like the Wolftones. We sang with pride about the IRA […]
Rudy & The Race Card: NY Times Punts the Story, Lands in the Lap of “Sources”
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007I know that “piling on” is generally a cheap shot, and piling on the NY Times is seldom necessary as there are so many other more worthy targets out there. But there can be no better example of what’s wrong with journalism today than two recent articles on Rudy Giuliani – a NY Times piece […]