Advise and consent or rave and rant?  There was no decency or sanity to be had at the Senate’s confirmation hearings

Previously, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh’s hearings in September 2018 were a high, or perhaps, I should say, low water mark in this regard, but we have to give the good Senators credit for outdoing themselves at least. Over the past several decades, Senate confirmation hearings have transformed from staid, boring, if-not-banal formalities into a… Continue reading Advise and consent or rave and rant?  There was no decency or sanity to be had at the Senate’s confirmation hearings

The government and the media want a license to lie with impunity

Classified documents reveal the reality of the war in Ukraine to be far different from how it’s described by the administration and the media.  New reporting suggests Ukrainian officials are stealing hundreds of millions of dollars and purchasing fuel from their enemy.  The government and the media ignore all this, however, and focus exclusively on… Continue reading The government and the media want a license to lie with impunity

When did the media stop speaking truth to power?

From NSA spying to ridiculous COVID-19 regulations, the modern media displays no skepticism, curiosity, or concern about the exercise of government power The media has always tilted left. Legendary anchors from Morrow to Kronkite had liberal sensibilities, but they also exhibited a deeply held skepticism of authority and saw "speaking truth to power" as one… Continue reading When did the media stop speaking truth to power?