In a media world with few bright spots, I'm thankful for "Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood."
Every day, people of all ages are watching hyped-up and commercialized TV programs that emphasize surface appearances. Sitcoms...
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24 November 1999
Amid the latest batch of Nixon tapes, there's a ripe one from May 13, 1971, recently described by James Warren in the Chicago Tribune. Discussing welfare reform with Haldeman and Ehrlichman, the president snarls about the "little...
19 November 1999
Welcome to an all-new episode of "Media Jeopardy!" This is a game that
never ends, whether you like it or not.
A reminder of the rules: First, listen carefully to the answer. Then, try to come up with the correct...
17 November 1999
Before the Aaron McKinney trial in Wyoming gets boxed away in the national memory, we should linger on some very disturbing features of the plea agreement, starting with the successful demand by Matthew Shepard's parents, Dennis and Judy,...
12 November 1999
When thousands of protesters converge on Seattle at the end of this month
to challenge the global summit of the World Trade Organization, they're
unlikely to get a fair hearing from America's mass media.
Consider how...
10 November 1999
Welcome to Corcoran state prison, 170 miles northwest of Los Angeles in the San Joaquin valley; built at a cost of $288.9 million on what was once Tulare lake, home of the Tachi Indians; opened in 1988, designed for 3,000 prisoners, now...
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