The Guardian and the Times take up the White Man’s Burden

Looking at these stories I can’t help but think of this poem: Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild– Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. Kipling 1899 What [...]

Both are serving but in different places

You might recall I reported quite a bit on Katherine Jenerette when she was running in a crowded Republican Primary. As you know by now Tim Scott won that primary and is now one of two black republicans serving in congress. Katherine Jenerette however is also serving, at a different location: Scott was on his [...]

“If anyone was a victim of “psy-ops” here, it was Michael Hastings.”

When Morning Joe went long with Rolling Stone great Military expose four days ago I said this: WOW that’s absolutely positively…ordinary Today at Hotair Bruce McQuain tells why Rolling Stone gathered no moss. Hastings apparently took the word of LTC Michael Holmes as the premise and theme of his article. In fact he sets it [...]

This is called “lobbying”

Morning Joe was breathless today reporting that the well-known bastion of journalistic mud-racking on government issues Rolling Stone magazine is reporting that our troops were using “psi-ops” against US senators. Joe breathlessly reported this as a turning point, Norah O’Donnell subbing for Mika talked about it breathlessly and then when the panel started talking about [...]