Category Archives: Media Watch

Vox Proves Its Cultural Criticism Is Just As Competent As Its Political Coverage

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Last night was the much-anticipated Simpsons/Family Guy crossover episode. I enjoyed it, since it played very well with the bringing the Family Guy tropes into The Simpsons universe, right down to using Hans Moleman and Kang and Kodos. The episode … Continue reading →

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Politico Names Wendy Davis As One of Worst Campaigns of 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Lawrence Person

This Politico piece won’t reveal anything new to anyone who has been following the campaign, but it will probably prove quite a shock for out-of-state liberals who might still believe Davis has a chance: Davis’ June 2013 filibuster against a … Continue reading →

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Gun and Crime Roundup for September 23, 2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Been a while since I did a roundup on gun news and examples of criminal stupidity, so here it is: Study shows that banning “assault weapons” has no effect on crime. The Missouri House and Senate override the veto of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 22, 2014

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Lawrence Person

A Monday LinkSwarm of some recent(ish) news: Surprise, surprise, surprise: ObamaCare covers abortions. Alaska doctor shuts down practice due to ObamaCare. Obama’s own Secretary of Defense says we left Iraq too soon. Strangely enough, Gaza landlords are no longer wild … Continue reading →

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The NFL and Domestic Violence: A Ginned Up Moral Panic

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Lawrence Person

I had been reading less and less of Sports Illustrated for a while now, partially because of their increasing politicization (see Peter King, Gun Control Zealot), and partially because each redesign was worse than the last. The most recent one, … Continue reading →

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My Take On Foreign Policy’s Takedown of Obama’s Foreign Policy

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Lawrence Person

This piece in Foreign Policy has been making the rounds. It talks at length, in an inside-baseball manner, of how the Obama Administration’s feckless and incompetent behavior has damaged America’s interests around the world. A taste: The problem is that … Continue reading →

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Vox.com Gives Obama Horns

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Lawrence Person

We’ll save substantive analysis of Obama’s ISIS speech for another time. (Maybe.) What I want to focus on: Vox.com and/or the White House set decorator making it look like Obama should have “666” on his forehead (click to embiggen for … Continue reading →

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“Wallace Hall Was Right About UT All Along”

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Lawrence Person

That’s the headline on this Dallas Observer story by Jim Schutze (who you may remember from my piece on Tom Leppert’s term as Dallas Mayor). The Hall piece details what members of the conservative Texas blogsphere (myself included) have been … Continue reading →

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Edmonton Beheading Update

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Lawrence Person

British police name the beheader as “Nicholas Salvadore, a 25-year-old would-be cage fighter who is believed to be a Muslim convert, who had been living a few doors from 82-year-old [Victim] Palmira Silva.” Seeing some reports that Salvadore is a … Continue reading →

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I’ll Take “Because I’m An Idiot” for $4,000, Alex

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Lawrence Person

I’m struggling to come up with fresh, insightful commentary on such weighty topics as ISIS or Rotherham, so instead let’s talk about a moron who spent $4,000 on a jacket she couldn’t afford. It’s an annoyingly discursive example (from the … Continue reading →

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