"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
This is the kind of article that gets my blood up. Until I think about it. Then I sink into despair. Think it’s bad that 36% of the U.S. high school students in this survey think newspapers should get government approval of stories before publishing? I think it’s worse than that. I think 36% of […]
In 1972, one photograph played a key role in turning Americans against the war in Vietnam. And now there’s this, from Tal Afar, Iraq: Our soldiers shot this girl’s family at a traffic checkpoint. She was the only survivor. Did our troops intend to do evil? Of course not. But evil was done, and this photograph […]