January 5, 2006 -
Posted by R. Neal Politicians from around the South are distancing themselves from the Abramoff scandal. In Mississippi:
January 5, 2006 -
Posted by R. Neal One of the more sensible new laws that went into effect Jan. 1st:
January 5, 2006 -
Posted by R. Neal
January 5, 2006 -
Posted by R. Neal When I first heard about this, I wasn't sure what to think:
January 5, 2006 -
WBIR, our local NBC affiliate here in the Knoxville/East Tennessee area, is deciding whether to cave in to pressure from the American Family Association, local clergy, and dozens of angry callers and e-mailers and pull the plug on NBC's new comedy/drama "The Book of Daniel".According to CNN, at least two other local NBC affiliates have already decided not to air the apparently controversial program. KARK in Little Rock, and WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana will pre-empt the back-to-back episodes scheduled to premier Friday night at 9:00 PM Eastern.
January 4, 2006 -
Kevin Drumm relays an interesting post from Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Safety and Health News, about the unfolding mining disaster in West Virginia:
January 4, 2006 -
The votes are in: Katrina and hurricanes were the media stars of 2005. Katrina and Rita made it onto almost every top-five list of the last year's "big news stories" -- which makes it all the more shocking and tragic how poorly key stories about the hurricanes were covered.