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Archives for June 2010
Thomas has now been branded as an anti-Semite who conducted her reporting based on her personal views.
Viewing the oil disaster as a bird, race around Minnesota, does criticizing Israel make you an enemy, the ethics of leaving patients, and the most beautiful ‘tweet’ ever.
The day in oil
The greatest love story never told
If the grotesque images of helpless birds looking like so many chocolate Easter bunnies isn’t enough to scream ‘disaster’ in the Gulf of Mexico, maybe this is: The BP oil disaster is reminding me of a Steven Seagal movie.
New page in BP ad campaignAfter his final broadcast on a Minnesota Public Radio program, Dale Connelly got the send-off by the working folks at MPR News a few minutes ago, even though he asked that no going-away party be held. “It’s true what they say about the news media,” he told us. “You really don’t listen.” We gave him Read more →
The latest on Hope and Lily, the thorn in BP’s side, the secret power of time, donating your cash to the feds, and why is Twitter obsessed with Apple?
Assuming your blood pressure can take it, the Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has must-see images from the oil spill.
It’s still just a game
Over the years, attempts by National Public Radio to be funny have usually ended up as train wrecks
Nobody’s perfect, nukes and the oil spill, raw milk’s unlikely ally, dispatches from the Department of Nice Try, how the Internet rots our brain, and a tribute to Dale.
Marriage and the modern mutt