This campaign is notable principally because of the participants. The fact that one candidate is black and the other a woman overwhelms Old Media coverage, and so it is the responsibility of New Media to uncover the facts and provide analysis of the candidates’ policies. What is clear is the lack of attention to foreign …
October 21, 2008 – 12:29 pm
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By BenjaminFranklin
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Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, McCain, Obama, U.S. Defense Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, media bias
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Tagged 2008 U.S. Election, McCain, New Media, Obama, Old Media, U.S. Defense Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy
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This month, Hassan Mneimneh of The American Enterprise Institute published an excellent study of al Qaeda. It is well worth your time to read “Seven Years Later: The Jihadist International.” He argues strongly that we must think of al Qaeda as a diffuse network of “franchises” bound by ideology. With this conception of al Qaeda, …
Great comment from reader PatrickHenry. I want to reprint it: Comment from PatrickHenry Time September 8, 2008 at 5:44 pm Good observations. The following article might be of interest to readers: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1430/ Not only does it confirm the fact that Republicans have been designated the blue party on several occasions, but it highlights the history …
September 9, 2008 – 12:45 pm
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By BenjaminFranklin
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Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, Blue States, Democratic Party, McCain, Red States, Republican Party, U.S. Defense Policy, media bias
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Tagged 2008 U.S. Election, Blue States, Democratic Party, media bias, Red States, Republican Party
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Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate. So what does this mean?
August 23, 2008 – 1:09 pm
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By BenjaminFranklin
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Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, McCain, Obama, U.S. Defense Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, media bias
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Tagged 2008 U.S. Election, Biden, McCain, media bias, Obama
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It seems T.S. Eliot was wrong, at least for the Georgians—August is the cruelest month. Let’s take stock of what the Russians call Operation “Scorched Earth,” their invasion of South Ossetia and Georgia.
