It’s been over a year since I checked out the free speech diva…

…known to everyone else in the world as Rebecca MacKinnon at the Rconversation blog. I must confess I’ve been thinking about my own issues but I thought I’d check up on how thing are going in China: It ain’t pretty: ….the crackdown is broad and deep, and shows no sign of ending. In May, 20 [...]

Sarah Palin WILL be top ten on Amazon and these guys know it…

…or at least 1000+ of them do: More than 950 requests for speeches have poured in for Palin, and over 120 candidates for office have asked her to appear, including folks running for Senate, House and state Legislature, aides said. And that is months before her book comes out. But I shouldn’t make anything out [...]

The game plan when you are 6000 behind…

in the Amazon.com ranking against actual conservatives like Michelle (still 8th after a month), Mark (still 33rd after 5 months) and Glenn (Still #7 after 2 months). Is to try to spice things up a bit: Former DHS secretary Tom Ridge exposed himself as a weasel nearly two weeks ago when he allowed his publisher [...]

Nit Picking

There are plenty of reasons to hit Olberman, but I think this is nitpicking: The man who believes he’s got the top rated news program on cable told his tiny audience Thursday that the eldest Kennedy brother was “shot down in World War II.” In reality, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was part of an experimental [...]