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No News Is Bad News: TV and the Conventions

by Rosemary and Walter Brasch
During the time that Bill Clinton was rocking the Democratic convention, ABC, CBS, and Fox were showing re-runs, NBC was showing the second hour of “America’s Got Talent,” and the CW was showing the second season finale of “Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.”
Less than two decades ago, the networks gave the conventions [...]

1969: Relevant and Irrelevant Lessons From a Turbulent Time

Ah Fall 1969: A time of graduation and marriage for many young folk, The Beatles release “Abbey Rd,” (including “Come Together” and “Something”) the Stones release “Let it Bleed with (with “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”) and the Amazin’(or in my opinion just plain lucky) Mets win the World Series [...]

Cindy Sheehan’s Protests, Strikingly Reminiscent of John Kerry’s

Last year the Lonestar Iconoclast shocked tiny little Crawford, Texas and America by endorsing John Kerry. The Iconclast drew the rath of local residents, but that has not stopped them from continuing to speak out against Crawford resident, George W. Bush.
In their latest OP/ED, Battleground Iraq: George Bush vs. Cindy Sheehan And The Rest [...]