This pissy little comment by the Scene’s Pete Kotz seems to take far too much pleasure from the decision by two media companies to close two newspapers in Cleveland and Los Angeles, thereby giving each company a monopoly on alternative journalism (snort):
New Times LA cashed in because it was losing the fight. LA Weekly […]

I read Neil Steinberg so you don’t have to. Neil’s most recent column about his vaunted sense of personal ethics is particularly rancid, especially considering the pasteing he gave Bob Greene over his so-called ethical lapse. Steinberg made some snide comments about the Chicago Tribune’s ethics policy:
Our competition, the Tribune, quite famously by now, has […]

Reason Magazine, no fan of liberals, takes on Ann Coulter. The writer says the reasons so many hate her are the reasons she is so successful, despite her problems with accuracy and general shrillness:
Like it or not, in the kingdom of snark, Ann Coulter is queen. She’s never going to be hurting for loyal fans, […]

This was reported by BlackPress USA. Braun was villified for her support of dictators who happened to be black:
Mosley-Braun weathered a string of ethics accusations during her six-year term, including criticism of her trips to visit the late Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha, widely known for his human rights abuses. Mosley-Braun argued that it was […]

Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass is considered by many to be the closest that newspaper has come to replacing legendary curmudgeon and political gadfly Mike Royko.
Kass isn’t worthy of rinsing out Royko’s bear glass. Sure, Kass has done some great work on the corrupt administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley. It resembles the work Royko […]

Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass is considered by many to be the closest that newspaper has come to replacing legendary curmudgeon and political gadfly Mike Royko. Kass isn’t worthy of rinsing out Royko’s bear glass. Sure, Kass has done some great work on the corrupt administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley. It resembles the work […]

Ever wonder the Libertarian Party is making such great progress with the voters?
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Montana’s Libertarian candidate for Senate has turned blue from drinking a silver solution that he believed would protect him from disease.
If the media doesn’t quit focusing on silly little incidents like this that make the LP look like a […]

For the uninitiated, the Mirage refers to the legendary undercover project of the Chicago Sun-Times. The newspaper essentially bought a bar, staffed it with reporters and secretly photographed the people who came in and left. They found what they assumed they would: a parade of government workers — fire and safety inspectors, liquor inspectors, police […]

For those who don’t know, the Mirage refers to the legendary undercover project of the Chicago Sun-Times (pre-Rupert Murdoch and pre-Conrad Black). The newspaper essentially bought a bar, staffed it with reporters and secretly photographed the people who came in and left.
They found what they assumed they would: a parade of government workers — fire […]

Slate makes a case that Winona Ryder is being persecuted by the Los Angeles District attorney’s office to make up for its lousy record of prosecuting celebrities accused of far more serious crimes.
“[Prosecutor] Steve Cooley may well go down in history as the guy who put a shoplifter behind bars by […]

Little wonder the Libertarian Party is making such great progress with the voters.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Montana’s Libertarian candidate for Senate has turned blue from drinking a silver solution that he believed would protect him from disease.
If the media doesn’t quit focusing on silly little incidents like this that make the LP look like a […]

Reason Magazine, no fan of liberals, takes on Ann Coulter. The writer says the reasons so many hate her are the reasons she is so successful, despite her problems with accuracy and general shrillness:
Like it or not, in the kingdom of snark, Ann Coulter is queen. She’s never going to be […]

According to the Associated Press, via Chicago Tribune:
A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head.
“The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to […]

I’ve never had a death threat. A school board member once threatened to “kick my ass” because I wouldn’t leave a school board meeting until their officially voted to close it. But this guy at the Belleville News-Democrat rang someone’s bell.
One day after he was arraigned on charges of intimidating a […]

I bow to no one in my love of Star Trek. I saw the original series when I was a wee lad, before kindergarten even. I grew up watching Star Trek reruns on Channel WEEK at 4 p.m. after school. In a high school literature class, a teacher (Ken Freeburn, who seems a lot cooler […]