1. The 11 least popular bumper stickers of all time
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Driving through Orange County, California the other day, I spotted one of those bumper stickers that make you wonder why they bother. The sticker read, “I support our troops.” Now, is anyone driving ...

2. How to rescue the children of fundamentalists from creationism and intelligent design
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Anti-evolution Christians are right to fear Charles Darwin. The brilliant English scientist did not just show that all those begats in the Bible might be something less than the whole story. He fatally ...

3. Republicans craving orthodoxy should demand a Tribunal of Inquisition
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The stunning success of imposing right-wing orthodoxy on the GOP in New York’s overwhelmingly Republican 23rd Congressional District should spread throughout the land. In that election, forcing the ...

4. A journalist's confession about canceling the newspaper (part 2)
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The other morning my husband and I awoke to discover a newspaper in our driveway. It was a surprise. Weeks before I had called and canceled our daily newspaper the Orlando Sentinel as a means of embracing ...

5. Forget the Taliban - get Bin Laden or get out of Afghanistan
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The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks with almost worldwide support. Thousands of American and foreign civilians had died, and there was little doubt ...

6. The gangrenous limb: the perils of the pitch that doesn't pan out
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I just had a rather appalling and disappointing thing happen to me, but it’s instructive for freelancers everywhere. After months of little or no work, I was able to sell a story proposal to a major ...

7. Absolutely unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin’s upcoming book
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I have obtained a few unauthorized and totally unauthenticated excerpts from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s upcoming autobiography, Going Rogue, which will be published later this month. In response ...

8. The British National Party and a once-green and pleasant land
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There is a hot debate in England over the British National Party – the BNP. It is essentially an English beast although it adopts the name of the total nation. Let me start by saying that I totally reject ...

9. A journalist's confession: Why I canceled my newspaper
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After much deliberation and consternation I decided to cancel my daily newspaper. I sat down one morning at my desk, and first thing I called the Orlando Sentinel. I wanted to get it over with as fast ...

10. Media roundup: FTC, the Mobile Web, and NPR
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The most important news of the last couple of weeks is the FTC's new rules for blogger disclosure. Bloggers are now required to disclose whether they are being paid for their endorsements. Mark Glaser ...

11. Pardon me, but I believe that Nobel Peace Prize is mine
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President Barack Obama quite rightly said he did not really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Quite wrongly, he said the entire United States deserved it. If you listened carefully to the Nobel Committee's ...

12. Where have all the Teddy Roosevelt Republicans gone?
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Standing at Roosevelt Point on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and looking out at the nation’s most exquisite and indescribable natural wonder, it’s impossible not to admire the man who made it possible. ...

13. Google can save newspapers? And FCC rules on Net Neutrality
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I'm late with your MediaBytes, but that just means I have more news to share. Major Media Companies Form Measurement Initiative; ‘Not An Attempt To Replace Nielsen’ A group of 14 companies representing ...

14. Considering the charge in the Zazi terror case
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Now that the entire weight of the U.S. justice system and terrorism laws have fallen on a 24-year-old Afghan immigrant, let's peruse the evidence against him. Keep in mind, though, that just because Najibullah ...

15. A new look at the Second Commandment could return the churches to their progressive past
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Only a generation ago, Protestant and Roman Catholic churches were in the forefront of the progressive movement. But the right has now largely captured Christianity and turned it into a political weapon ...

16. The explosion of media is turning the United States into a political Tower of Babel
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The right wing has always had its shrill elements, but the decibel level has reached ear-splitting levels since the election of Barack Obama. In part, the explanation may lie in the exponential increase ...

17. If terrorists attack, pay close attention to who benefits –- and consider them suspects
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The Republican Party has reduced its political platform to two planks - virulent, reactionary opposition to anything Barack Obama does, and rooting for another 9/11-style terrorist attack against the ...

18. From Woodstock to Twitter: How we became who we are
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Summer has come and gone, and so has Woodstock's 40th anniversary. Even the music festival that defined a generation now is over-the-hill, although the Ang Lee film "Taking Woodstock" continues to play ...

19. Mr. President: Use swine flu, national security and your executive authority to implement universal health care
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I submit this proposal for President Obama’s upcoming health care address to Congress and the country: “Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the American people, We are ...

20. Rivers of news and augmented reality: How do web trends affect the future of news?
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Here's my latest on technology in the media and the future of journalism... What Happened to the Ad-Network Apocalypse? (AdAge) Those ad networks that develop proprietary technologies and offer truly ...