I was hoping more would have been written, marking the demise of the Los Angeles Times‘ Washington bureau last week It certainly deserved more than a few lines of copy; more than a “30″ to mark the end of a distinguished chapter of journalism. Try the loss of pride, dignity and self-respect by the owners [...]
Entries from November 2008
Farewell to a Washington Fixture
November 20th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: Chicago Tribune · Doyle McManus · Los Angeles Times · Otis Chandler · Sam Zell · Timothy McVeigh · Washington DC · watergate
Restore the Voice
November 18th, 2008 2 Comments
Until November 4th, the prospect of recovering America’s battered image around the world seemed dismal at best. The prospect of recovering it seemed unlikely until the day that millions of citizens went to the polls freely to elect an articulate and charismatic black man as their next president. The election was not only historic, it [...]
Tags: 2008 election · Afghanistan War · Alhurra · barack obama · broadcasting · cold war · Iraq war · public diplomacy · Radio Sawa · VOA · Voice of America · Willis Conover
Not a Dime… Unless
November 9th, 2008 No Comments
Big news! What a way to emerge from the excitement of last Tuesday’s election than to read about the three major automakers plea for another handout. Not a handout, they insist, only a loan of $25 billion from the Federal government to get rid of their debt. Ah yes, another example of socialism for the [...]
Tags: auto industry · economy
