In the 1991 movie Other People’s Money, Lawrence “The Liquidator” Garfield, played by Danny DeVito, selects a struggling family-run business in a small Rhode Island town as his next target. I was reminded of this semi-successful film (Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 our of five stars) as I read a series of news articles this morning … Read more
Today’s edition of the Washington Post (Sunday, April 9, 2019) included an interview with King Adbullah II of Jordan, conducted by senior associate editor Lally Weymouth. Midway through the exchange, the topic turned to Russia’s support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Q. Do you want to see the U.S. engage with Russia over Syria? A. … Read more
One of the fundamental tenets of counter-intuitive thinking requires individuals to make sure they are asking the right questions before seeking the right answers. Sadly, this is something the corporate news media did not understand concerning their coverage of Thursday night’s U.S. missile attack on Al Shayrat Airfield. Over the past 36 hours, print … Read more
Besides hosting The O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, Bill O’Reilly has co-authored several books commonly known as “the killing series,” documenting the deaths or downfalls of historical figures including Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy and General George Patton. In each volume, O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (co-author) focus on the background stories leading … Read more
Everyone deserves a second chance. Even MSNBC. Last night, in the wake of Comrade Trump’s major defeat on a flagship issue, I ventured back to MSNBC to see how the network was covering this event. At that moment, Greta van Susteren was interviewing CNBC political analyst John Harwood. At the 38 minute 31 second mark … Read more