Kevin T. Keith writes rats; the Times is nobody’s fool.
Archive for March 3rd, 2004
New York Times Magazine Holds the Line
Posted in Writing on March 3, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Safire Lies, the Times Looks the Other Way
Posted in Writing on March 3, 2004 | 2 Comments »
In a previous, brilliant and remarkably good-looking post, I offered some insight into William Safire’s peculiar brand of journalism. Recently on Salon.com, Barry Lando takes apart Safire’s journalistic ethics and ability. Safire has published a number of incendiary columns over the last year or two, citing specific knowledge of links between Iraq and al-Qaeda, and [...]
The Triumph Of The Bigot Over the Language
Posted in Culture on March 3, 2004 | 11 Comments »
Killing Goliath points out an obvious truth: Either Barry Larkin or the Chicago Tribune — I suspect the latter — has conflated Marge Schott’s sweet tooth for Nazism with “political incorrectness.” Remember, this was a woman who kept a Nazi armband in her desk drawer, was quoted as saying Hitler was “good at the beginning,” [...]
Letters about the Passion
Posted in Culture on March 3, 2004 | 15 Comments »
Stealing wholesale from Atrios am a high school teacher and the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Monday morning, Period 1, a student, age 17, comes into my room. She asks me if I had seen the film “The Passion.” I answer, “No.” She continues, “It was so sad. I cried so much. I hate the Jews.” [...]
MSNBC: Bush Refused to Hit Terrorist
Posted in Politics on March 3, 2004 | 3 Comments »
According to MSNBC, the Bush administration could have stuck against the person they blame for the Monday bombings in Iraq that killed one hundred and forty people, but refused to do so. Why? Military officials insist their case for attacking ZarqawiÂ’s operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could [...]
The Difference Between Bush and Kerry: Responsibility
Posted in Politics on March 3, 2004 | 5 Comments »
We all know the story of Bush and his shameful actions with regard to the 9/11 commission. First he opposed it, then he stalled it, then he gave it a time limit, then he refused to allow them to see all the documents, then he refused to have his people testify in public, then he [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You
Posted in Politics on March 3, 2004 | 1 Comment »
the next President of the United States of America: John Kerry. Give, in celebration and preparation for the mountain of slime that is about to descend from the Bush machine — a machine that has taken in more special interest money this year than Kerry has accepted in his entire Senate career.
Search
-
Authors
Archives
Categories
-
Recent Comments
-
Blog Stats
- 89,369 hits
leanleft
Kevin
tgirsch
Kevin T. Keith
Judd
