A definition of Decency

Stingy or not, here it goes. After the natural disaster in SE Asia, the charity race has been on. And just as much as people seem to want to help, they also have another agenda. It can be either getting a foot in the door, to present a fine print with the ‘gifts’ (or trojan [...]

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Flag-wavers

AP reports that flag-waving is on the rise in Florida.

More than 15,000 American flags need to be replaced in public-school classrooms in central Florida by the end of the school year because they are smaller than required under a new state law. The law, requiring every Florida public classroom to display [...]

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Memogate, Rathergate, Bloggate

Columbia Journalism Review has a rather thought-provoking story about the apparent success of bloggers in the CBS News memo affair. Most notably how bloggers tended to pat themselves and each other on the back and celebrate the success over mainstream media and the elites. And how they fell into the same bottomless journalistic pit as [...]

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Magnetic Charity

Can't say I'm surprised to see this happening. Seems to be a big thing now. One could argue that either way you look at it you're living a fantasy. Antimagnet has it figured out. It's a shallow way of feeling part of something greater. As shallow as sci-fi conventions or sending toys to Iraq. A [...]

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