A Real Blue-Collar Guy
Ed Schultz is dead. To paraphrase Shakespeare, we’re probably not going to see his like again .Not on TV, anyway. There used to be more people on TV like Ed, people who stood...
Tagged: Keith Olbermann
Another “Liberal” Television Commentator Gets the Boot
The beat goes on… This time it’s Piers Morgan who must say goodbye. I see a trend here, don’t you? Keith Obermann’s head was the first to roll as I remember it, but checking the...
“Liberal Media” is a Joke
Back when I was young (yes, waaaay back), conservatives constantly grumbled about America’s “liberal press,” claiming that reporters by definition were sympathetic to “leftist” causes. Things sure have changed. In the media world of...
Sick of Debt Ceiling Soap Opera? Baseball Playoffs are on TV.
If you’ve had enough of the gut-wrenching drama being played out in Congress, you might want to watch the Major League playoffs tonight instead. You can choose between Fox and TBS; they’re the networks...
Say Goodbye to Kucinich’s America
In an email to supporters, Dennis Kucinich (photo above) announced this week that he will not try to get re-elected to Congress. His Ohio district was erased in a political maneuver, and he was...
President and Republicans Live in Different Worlds
As a part of President Obama’s “base,” I am as righteously indignant as anyone over his “betrayal” of core liberal principles. I want him to fight those dastardly Republicans, to “stand toe to toe,...
Let’s Welcome Keith Olbermann Back on Television
I have to say this about conservatives: They put their support where their hearts are. And they have a lot of money. Big Business, Big Oil, the Koch brothers and other crusading multimillionaires, all...
Why the Internet is the Last Hope for “Progressives”
Will Big Brother succeed in stifling freedom on the internet? There’s a U.S. agency called the FCC that is making moves in that direction (click here for more). And, across the globe, less democratic...
Yes, a Comedian is America’s Top Journalist
A funny thing has happened to American journalism in the past few decades. The profession has become so degraded that the best journalist in America today is a comedian. In an article lauding the...
Crazy? It’s Much More Sinister than That, Howard!
In a Huffington Post article today, former Newsweek senior editor Howard Fineman says he was prepared to dismiss Jon Stewart’s Oct. 30 “Rally to Restore Sanity” as “self-indulgent, time-wasting comedy” until he saw two...