If 2003 was the year blogs burst onto the scene, 2004 was the year they became respectable. Today, the scribes behind Wonkette, Pressthink, and Powerline (Time magazine’s first-ever blog of the year) share their thoughts on journalism’s most untamed frontier.
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Jay Price, staff writer for the Raleigh, NC News & Observer, has the details on the first known case of an Iraqi murdered by a US serviceman
» "Guardsman killed Iraqi after sex" in the Raleigh News & Observer
» "Guardsman killed Iraqi after sex" in the Raleigh News & Observer
Widespread Abuse?
R. Jeffrey Smith, staff writer for the Washington Post, says new documents show abuse in Iraq and Guantanamo was more widespread than previously thought
» "New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread" in the Washington Post
» "New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread" in the Washington Post
Elegy for a Friend
Wayne Barrett, Senior Editor at the Village Voice, and Author, Rudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Basic Books, 2001) and City for Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York (Harpercollins, 1988), remembers journalist Jack Newfield
» The Village Voice
» The Village Voice
Open Phones
your calls on charitable giving and their person of the year
Cyber Salon
Scott Johnson, an attorney and senior vice president of TCF National Bank in Minneapolis, fellow at the conservative Claremont Institute, and co-writer of Powerline, explains how he helped brake the fake National Guard documents story
» Powerline
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Ana Marie Cox, writes Wonkette, gives her ...
» Powerline
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Ana Marie Cox, writes Wonkette, gives her ...
sweet charity
It's the season to be giving, and thanks to our hyperactive, hypercaring listeners, we're pleased to provide YOU, dear reader, with a wide-ranging list of worthy causes, charities, nonprofits, and desperate cases.
Heifer International: farm animals for poor families around the world
The ASPCA: house pets ...