Thursday, February 22, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:07 PM
An excellent column
on a national shame. Prosecutors, more and more, are not distinguishing themselves. This prosecution is a sad example. (requires $ubscription).
Thursday, February 22, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:15 PM
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:25 PM
Dennis talks to Chris Hedges who sees Christian conspiracies all over the place. Hedges is a former foreign correspondent for the NY Times and author of
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. Anybody ever heard of "dominionist movement"?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:11 PM
Media mogul Geffen
spares nothing in this Maureen Dowd column. Republicans could use what he says as ammo against HIllary, if she gets the nomination as expected. But maybe it's less expected than we think. ($requires subscription)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:25 PM
Another reason
to buy an Apple.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:14 PM
Dennis talks to Stanford psychology professor, Carol Dweck, about how to praise children.
Here's the article that attracted our attention. Her most recent book is
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:52 PM
That's a switcheroo. Europe more conservative than US.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:28 PM
They ask
two questions which are not comparable, so therefore the poll is worthless. They had an agenda -- they wanted to prove that most people believe the West and Islam can get along without any problems -- and created a poll to get the result they wanted. That's not truth-seeking. That's agenda journalism.
Monday, February 19, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 2:51 PM
Hollywood can't shake its narrow and bigoted view of Christian evangelicals.
Monday, February 19, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:11 PM
Takes Dennis' TV watching
admonition to the extreme.
Monday, February 19, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:04 PM
Dennis talks to Robert Giegengack, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Although a liberal politcally, as a scientist he thinks the Al Gore is not much more than an
uninformed "gasbag" on the subject of climate.
Friday, February 16, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:12 PM
Friday, February 16, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:44 PM
Friday, February 16, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:38 PM
How clear does it have to be that climate prediction
is not an exact science?
Thursday, February 15, 2007 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:28 PM
Dennis talks to Paul Barrett, director of the investigative reporting team at
Business Week. His new book is
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion.