Ezra Klein of the Washington Post is the subject of a fantastic profile in The New Republic. You may have seen him substituing as a host on various MSNBC shows or as a policy wonk on different news programs. What…
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An Investment in an Untruth
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Irvine’s new Republican majority has been taking the world’s longest victory lap. The Register’s Frank Mickadeit has written several flattering columns and OC Weekly’s Scott Moxley continues to triple down on the notion he alerted the public to a possible theft of…
Irvine, 3rd Best Run City in Nation, Looks for Cheaper Contracts
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
A Republican mantra oft heard is that government should run like a business. Mind you, the goal of a business is to be profitable and there are many things Government does that can’t be profitable and are a straight expense…
Will OC Register’s Publisher Make a Play for the Boston Globe?
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According to sources close to the situation and a story in media pundit Jim Romensko’s blog, the New York Times Company is shopping the Boston Globe and other New England media properties around. The Globe has suffered significant staff cuts…
MSNBC Documentary on Selling the Iraq War Debuts Tonight
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
It’s been 10 years since President George W. Bush used the State of the Union address to lie this nation into war with the claim that Iraq had been stockpiling materials and enriched uranium to manufacture Weapons of Mass Destruction…
Medical Device Tax Concerns Overblown
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
The Orange County Business Council’s Lucy Dunn posted a blog item on the OCBC’s blog expressing concern about the Medical Device Tax that its part of the Affordable HealthCare Act hurting Orange County’s local economy due to the large number…
Idaho Legislator Wants “Atlas Shrugged” Taught in Schools
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
In Idaho, a Red State bastion, a state legislator has introduced a bill that would make reading “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand required reading for high school kids. Now I hate to give John Campbell or Don Wagner any ideas,…
