Frank Rich: ‘NY Times’ Will No Longer Attend WHCA Dinner
I’ve been saying for ages now that newspapers and other media organizations should not participate in the White House Correspondents Association dinners, the Gridiron wingding or any other Inside the Beltway circle jerk.  Reporters have been fired for socializing with sources in the past so I’ve [...]

Variety.com – FCC takes aim at TV networks
Have you noticed all the ads on the networks, especially Fox, pushing the V-chip.  I think there’s a website called TVboss.org that they want you to visit.  The friggin’ V-chip has been mandatory in all TV’s sold in the U.S. for about a decade now, so why the [...]

WHCA Prez Defends Dinner Amid Criticism Of ‘Coziness’ and Rich Little
All I can say is that if you cite the appearance of a cancer victim at your event as one of the “highlights,” it was a bomb.

Washington Business Journal: Sales Moves
Yeah, you’ve noticed this trend for restaurants and other businesses to offer either Coke OR Pepsi but not both.  Sucks, doesn’t it?
About five years ago, my wife, daughter and I were living in Boise.  The “little woman” and I took a ride up to Idaho City, a teeny town north of [...]

Don’t Mess With Our Chocolate
I said nothing when they blew up Iraq.I said nothing when they failed to restore New Orleans.I said nothing when they eviscerated the Constitution.I’ll be goddamned if I’ll sit by silently as they ruin chocolate!