For me, reason.tv is the new Penn & Teller: Bullshit!. I love it. Last week, its showcase - The Drew Carey Project - produced the 7+ minute video: Mexicans and Machines: Why it’s time to lay off NAFTA.
For those with less than 7 minutes to spare, Carey pushes the protectionist credo (against NAFTA, “cheap labor” [...]
I really just don’t get the purpose of Media Matters. Are they for anything beyond thrashing (anything and everything associated with) conservatism? I mean, I’m no conservative but — jeesh — the empty, yellow-journalism that comes out of that organization is ridiculous. Seriously, any affirmative values whatsoever?
The Media Matters Who We Are section states that [...]
Yesterday, Drew and I stopped by City Hall in order to witness and record a press conference by the Lawndale Alliance, a group of concerned residents from the 24th ward who are victims of the city’s latest land grab.
I can’t say I’ve ever been a part of a really meaningful protest. You know, one that actually makes a difference.
That all changed a couple weeks ago at the “Save Lincoln Square” rally. Its value was confirmed when, last week, affected business owners received word that Alderman Schulter was backing down considerably — three-fourths of [...]
Repeal Day? A day celebrating the freedom to drink? Well, alright then!
Yesterday marked the 74th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. Yes, 74 years ago, the 21st Amendment was signed into law (effectively repealing the 18th) bringing joy and merry into the bloodstreams of early 20th-century boozers everywhere. Ah, the freedom to drink alcohol openly [...]
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