From the "why it's a bad idea to have software do what humans should be doing" file, Washington Post columnist Al Kamen reports on a funny technoblooper that recently affected an automated news website run by the American Family Association:There
Politicians like John McCain and Barack Obama show a fundamental misunderstanding of economics when they attack "speculators" as the cause of price increases for things like oil. Leaving aside the falling dollar--which increases the price of anything imported--the prices of
The Islamification of Great Britain continues:A police force has apologised to Islamic leaders for the "offensive" postcard advertising a new non-emergency telephone number, which shows a six-month-old trainee police dog named Rebel.The German shepherd puppy has proved hugely popular with
This is an old quote from a six-time Socialist Party candidate for President who died in 1968, but as the years go by, it looks more and more accurate:The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name
If religion is characterized by the presence of faith in the absence of evidence, then some of the most pious people in America are those who believe government can cure all social ills.
Are you interested in film? Do you have narrative or documentary ideas that touch on themes of economic freedom or individual liberty?Then you might want to check out the filmmaker's workshop being held in Los Angeles from August 15th through
Saint Barack Obama, the post-racial candidate sent from on high to redeem the racist American nation, is now engaging in the healing politics of Hope and Change by preemptively accusing his opponents of racism:Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on
The Associated Press, which is currently threatening legal action against bloggers who quote excerpts of AP stories, has been caught extensively quoting from a blog without permission.The copyright doctrine of fair use is generally lenient in allowing works to be
A reader and viewer of Indoctrinate U recently wrote to me asking about a t-shirt I wore in the film: "I caught a glimpse of one of the t-shirts you were wearing, but didn't really get the whole thing. It
This poll backs up my recent argument that bias undoubtedly affects the public's perception of the news media and that it's eroding trust in reporting: Just 17% of voters nationwide believe that most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of
Indoctrinate U is coming to Los Angeles this weekend! The film will be shown Sunday night, June 15th at 8PM in downtown Los Angeles. For the rest of the details, visit the Screenings page over at the Indoctrinate U website.
It seems the only difference between a hate crime and art is the type of religious symbol being desecrated. At the art college of Cooper Union in New York City, a faculty-selected art exhibit features several controversial paintings by Felipe
Courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle, another nausea-inducing dispatch from the Cult of Obama: Barack Obama isn't really one of us. Not in the normal way, anyway. [...] No, it's not merely his youthful vigor, or handsomeness, or even inspiring
The psychology of Bill Clinton as portrayed in the recent Vanity Fair piece "The Comeback Id" (you know, the article that caused the former president to refer to its author as a "sleazy," "slimy" "scumbag"), reminded me of how I
When a blue-blooded old media outlet like the Washington Post raises the possibility of victory in Iraq on its editorial pages, it's news: THERE'S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks -- which
An overwrought Columbia Journalism Review column declares that the establishment media is a victim of big, bad bloggers and financiers who shockingly believe that complacency is not the proper response for an industry in a death spiral: We the media
Today's Quote of the Day comes from the Richard Vance, a coach at Provo High School in Utah. Coach Vance's students were competing in a javelin competition when a newspaper photographer wandered into the area. A javelin thrown by one
The Guardian reports: A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word "cult" to describe the Church of Scientology. The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite
In a White House letter to the president of NBC News, presidential advisor Ed Gillespie has some questions for the network that I'd love to see answered: [P]lease allow me to take this opportunity to ask if your network has
In yesterday's, "The Coming Nanny State Fat Camp," I mentioned two excuses Nanny Statists will use to get government to restrict people's food intake and force them to exercise. If this comment is any clue, those Nanny Statists have a
