Paedophobia
‘We see children as pestilent’ — A psychologist, writing in the Guardian, warns that some people in Britain already hate the young....
March 17th, 2009 5:01 am
Recycling
The Washington Post describes how a research center with ties to academia is being investigated for using two lobbyists close to John Murtha to spread around projects worth up to $250 million. The way it worked was that the center used the lobbyists to acquire funding through an unmonitored process called “plus-up” — a loophole through which money could be added to an existing program without disclosure. Then the center would turn around and channel funding to companies which were Murtha’s contributors.
...March 16th, 2009 8:41 pm
“Save the newspapers”
From hard market conditions by allowing them to corner the print market. SF Gate reports that Speaker Pelosi is asking the Justice department to take a broader view of anti-competitive activity:
...As Gerard Vanderleun put it:
...What we will never hear is that their editorial policies and news slanting were part and parcel of their demise. We will never hear about the willed insults, slights, and snubbing of fully half of their potential circulation pool. Journalists and editors write a lot about “taking personal responsibility” when it comes to others. You never hear them write that about themselves. There’s no mea culpa among liberal newspaper journalists these days. There’s only “The Internet ate my newspaper.”
March 16th, 2009 2:59 pm
The Guardians
Victor Davis Hanson talks about guilt and the blame game at the National Review. He was commenting on Barney Frank’s public outrage over the payment of bonuses to AIG execs at a time when the company was receiving taxpayer subsidies. Dr. Hanson argued that since guilt over AIG’s condition was shared, why not the pain? What gave Barney Frank the moral authority to float above the fray?
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