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ZipDialog Roundup for Thursday, September 28
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ Republican Tax Plan: The Essential Features The details still need to be worked out through negotiations. It is a...
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ZipDialog Roundup for Sunday, October 1
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ Trump says his own Sec. of State is wasting his time trying to talk with North Korea (New York Times) Trump added a...
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Thanks to the New York Times: They ran my Tweet on “Fearless Girl”...
The story, as you may recall from my ZipDialog post (here), is that the company that erected inspiring statue of “Fearless Girl” on Wall Street just settled a pay-discrimination charge by the US...
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My latest at Real Clear Politics. Here’s the link Here’s an overview It’s a minor holiday, but it celebrates something epochal, beyond the success of one brave explorer. His voyage of discovery–and...
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ZipDialog Roundup for Wednesday, October 11
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ The devastation–human and material–keeps growing from California wildfires ◆ Stand and Deliver: Goodell send letter...
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Trump threatens network licenses over “fake news”
False news is bad and fake news is ever worse. But, in this case, Pres. Trump’s counterpunch against NBC crosses a line. It’s a line we need to uphold to ensure powerful state actors squelch a free...
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Spike the Story! The Huffington Post on NBC’s months-long effort to kill the...
NBC’s actions are shameless and shameful (link here) (Huffington Post) Will anyone besides the HuffPo investigate the NBC role here? Frankly, there are lots of coverup and enabler stories to be told,...
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Scott Stantis’ Wonderful Cartoon on the Iran Nuclear Deal
My friend, Scott Stantis, draws consistently insightful pieces for the Chicago Tribune. A member of their editorial board, he covers the full range of issues, capturing complex issues in a few...
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ZipDialog Roundup for Tuesday, October 17
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ Biggest story of the week is just under the radar: China’s Xi is consolidating his power to become most powerful...
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ZipDialog Roundup for Thursday, October 19
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ US consulting firm with ties to the Clintons lobbied on behalf of Russia’s nuclear giant (Circa) A Russian nuclear...
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Presidents and Soldiers of Blessed Memory: A Comment UPDATED
As is so often the case, an issue with several important elements has been compressed and distorted, both by politicians and by the media. Here are a few thoughts on these somber issues, which are now,...
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UPDATED COMMENTARY on Presidents and Soldiers of Blessed Memory
As is so often the case, an issue with several important elements has been compressed and distorted, both by politicians and by the media. It is increasingly obvious that the most important element of...
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Media Bias: Find the Missing Words in the New York Times Report on NY Terror
◆ Here is the New York Times front page on the web, November 1, noon See if you can find the missing words That’s right: they completely omit ISIS, Jihad, “Islamic Extremism.” They simply use the word...
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ZipDialog Roundup for Friday, November 3
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ Bowe Bergdahl, Army deserter held by Taliban, avoids prison sentence (Washington Post) Comment: This outcome is...
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ZipDialog Roundup for Tuesday, November 7
Articles chosen with care. Your comments welcomed. Linked articles in bold purple ◆ Trump in South Korea: What’s on the agenda? Comment: Mostly North Korea but also some trade issues. The goal is to...
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NBC News Is Removing All Memories of Matt Lauer. We have the evidence
The Page Six story is hereAnd here is ZipDialog’s exclusive photo evidence:
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The Next Stage in the National Harassment Story? The Executives Who Knew and...
The latest episode, broken by New York Magazine’s The Cut, involves harassment allegations against now-retired NPR personality, John Hockenberry. (Link here) What happens next shows the Ghost of...
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Understanding Mike Flynn’s Guilty Plea, Minus the Spin from Both Sides
My latest op-ed at Real Clear Politics aims to give a balanced, succinct look. What do we know? What don’t we know? And who is in peril? The link is here. Your comments are most welcome, either here or...
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Major Errors by Major Networks
For anyone who cares about accurate reporting, the past week was truly disastrous. Since democracy depends on transparency and some measure of justified trust in our basic institutions, these...
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How to Insult the Millions of True Fascist Victims, while posing at the...
The Most Trusted Name in News . . . if it is the only TV channel at your airport gate. Otherwise, nobody’s watching. This, mind you, is an actual CNN article. Does it even occur to these moral poseurs...
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