Steinberg doesn’t shine, either
From BILL DENNIS: One of the great ironies of the whole Bob-Greene-had-consensual-sex-with-someone-10-years-ago scandal is that while it cost him his job due to an ethics violation, his harshest critic, Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg, still has his. Steinberg is hardly covered in glory from his authorship of the anonymous “BobWatch” column in the […]

Smilies and other chat room and instant message shorthand symbols are popping into formal writing performed by high school students, according to a New York Times article.
“They were astonished when I began to point these things out to them,” said Henry Assetto, a social studies teacher at Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pa. “Because […]

The Chicago Sun-Times‘ bias against former Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene is showing. In a remarkable story, on Saturday, reporter Scott Fornek quizzes the local branch of the FBI on its investigation of the woman with whom Greene had a sexual encounter 10 years ago. The second paragraph of the story states:
A spokesman for the […]

I wonder how many hits this article on cnn.com received because of its provocative headline: ‘Star makes shock waves in ‘X-ray’-ted flick.’
astronomy

I usually have no use for Slate. But it carried a interesting article about how college campuses have abandoned free speech.
Free speech does not encompass the right to fire, suspend, or riot your way into a universe in which everyone agrees with your views, even if you have legitimate grievances. The courts are well aware […]

Randy Cassingham has a great site about Zero Tolerance.
zero tolerance,gun control

Ten years ago, I sat in a newsroom reading a wire story in which someone of the liberal persuasion called someone of the conservative persuasion a “fascist.” Twenty years ago, I professor I respect used the term ‘fascist” to refer to science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein as a “fascist.” I grew up a liberal […]

A 37-year-old man who does not believe humans ever walked on the moon has accused 72-year-old Buzz Aldrin of hitting him. Anyone who does not know who Buzz Aldrin is, shame on your teachers.
Buzz Aldrin,Apollo 11,moon landing,astronauts,flat earth society,conspiracy theories

Dave Barry’s take on the Flight 93 crash site.
September 11,Dave Berry,Flight 93

“Closed sessions” are a fact of life for journalists who cover public meetings. And, it is in these meetings where the dirty laundry gets aired. Illinois has a strong open meetings law. But, it requires state’s attorney’s to enforce and that is almost never done. But public bodies are required to keep minutes of meetings, […]