University Chancellor (and broadcasting mogul) Jim Rogers told a news conference at the Stirling Club this morning that he won't be a candidate for governor in 2006. Although Rogers said he would have had to spend $8 million of his own money and had serious doubts about his chances, the real X-factor in his decision [...]
By Steve Sebelius
Religious broadcaster and lunatic Pat Robertson is at it again, conclusively proving America did the right thing by not electing him president in 1988. Capping a career of insane public statements, many of which he actually stands by, Robertson declared on "The 700 Club" that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated.
Here's Robertson, on [...]
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Saving lives comes first
By Len Butcher
The Columbia Journalism Review published the following: “Journalists love thinking that they can save lives. What could be more purifying, more self-affirming, after days spent wading in muck and sensation, than the feeling that, like doctors, you too can stave off death?
“When a skeletal, dying African baby appears on the front page, we are being [...]
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