media history

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• Hello Zat Knight

  
  HammyEnd.com — Authority: 148
  I remember Zat Knight rather ill-advisedly telling an FA media officer that he’d like to progress and be playing European football the season after making his international debut on England’s summer tour of America in 2o05. It was quite obvious that he’d had next to no media training, but he could have got that ...
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• The Kirk Cameron Action Kit

  
  Mike Tidmus : A blog from San Diego — Authority: 507
  The Kirk Cameron Action Kit (video: Funny or Die ) Fundie Funny or Die has this treasure up in response to the news that former Hollywood brat turned preacher, Kirk Cameron, has declared jihad on Charles Darwin … and us non-believers. Cameron told People magazine, “Atheism has been on the rise for ...
  6 days ago

• History of the Phonograph

  
  History Blog — Authority: 123
  Most of us are familiar with record players even though MP3 players, Compact Discs, and other digital media are the current popular technologies. Record players and their vinyl discs are making a comeback and is a nostalgic item for those of us old enough to remember when they were the best way to have music other ...
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• A media opportunity as Sarah Palin, aided by Oprah, goes to the mainstream

  
  Lucire: Insider — Authority: 132
  American readers will get to see Oprah Winfrey interview Sarah Palin today, in what is widely tipped to be a casual, feel-good special to promote the former governor’s book, Going Rogue .    Some media have tipped this as the launch of ‘Sarah Palin 2·0’, one who is now free from the Republican Party ...
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• Fire General Casey

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 138
  So says Diana West : The end of “diversity” as a fetish object is “worse” than the massacre at Ft. Hood? Think about it. The general in charge of the Army is saying that if we, as a people, stop worshipping diversity above all and start protecting our soldiers and ourselves from the teachings and goals of ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Wrong Backlash

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 138
  From the Bay Area : Police arrested 22-year-old Abdul Walid Hamid of Hayward on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 4, after he reportedly tore a crucifix from a person’s neck and scared others at Stoneridge Shopping Center. Hamid, an employee at a mall kiosk near Starbucks, has been charged with battery, terrorist ...
  2 weeks ago

• Phil Stant in the forces

  
  HammyEnd.com — Authority: 148
  Fittingly for Remembrance Day, Phil Stant is heavily referenced in this BBC piece on football and the armed forces . Stant’s autobiography is worth a look too.
  2 weeks ago

• The Line

  
  Bore Patch — Authority: 485
  The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. - Cicero I used to be a leftist, proudly "progressive." No more . I no longer have the stomach to sleep with evil, even evil in the name of the greater good. In all of the retrospectives about the fall of the Berlin Wall this score of years ago, ...
  2 weeks ago

• CNN Makes It Up

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 138
  Unbelievable , well OK, it is believable since it involves CNN. Read it and weep or laugh.
  2 weeks ago

• Will Self on ‘Dorian, an Imitation’

  
  Mike Tidmus : A blog from San Diego — Authority: 507
  HOMOVISION: Will Self talks about Dorian at Polari (video: HOMOVISION at YouTube ) Jonathan Heawood , writing at The Guardian : In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde set the gold standard for chroniclers of decadence. The story of a man who remains eternally young while his portrait ages provided the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Teaching kids historical perspective through the movies

  
  The Divine Gift of Motherhood — Authority: 413
  On Friday I took the kids to see the new Disney’s Christmas Carol. It was amazing technically, and filled with real Christian messages. Musical selections included “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Joy to the World”. The message front and center was that you gain happiness by helping others. After the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

  
  Betsy's Page — Authority: 592
  As we commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, we should take time to reflect on why it fell and what it symbolized. The WSJ expresses it well today.Yet if the Wests stand in Berlin demonstrates anything, it is that moral commitments have a way of reaping strategic dividends over time. By ordering the airlift in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Political Correctness is a National Cancer

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 138
  Two Examples: •  U.S. Army General: Lack of diversity in Army is worse than mass murder : Loss of diversity, says General Casey, would be worse than jihad murder: “Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Radio Ulster again

  
  Bloggin fae the 'Burn: Ulster-Scots thoughts — Authority: 121
  I was interviewed this evening, it might be broadcast on Good Morning Ulster some time soon. BBC NI phoned me this afternoon, having seen the blog post below about the Ulster Museum. So, once again, I end up on the radio unintentionally . Just hope it comes across sensibly - theres a huge Scottish dimension to the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Giant Crack in Africa Will Become New Ocean

  
  Brian Bonner — Authority: 115
  Ok, all of you Eco-Nazi’s out there, this is a prime example of how our earth is constantly changing. It’s natural. Mother Nature is in control, not us, puny, humans. from Live Science: A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will eventually become a new ocean or sea, researchers now confirm.The crack, 20 feet ...
  3 weeks ago

• Are we talking enough about 1989?

  
  FP Passport — Authority: 669
  Maybe its just because weve been discussing upcoming Berlin Wall-related content here at the office, but I find Matt Welchs Reason cover essay , calling the 1989 defeat of communism in Europe, "the Unknown War" a little strange: November 1989 was the most liberating month of arguably the most liberating year in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tabloidification Of America Continues!

  
  Jules Crittenden — Authority: 692
  Welcome to the dark side. At the Washington Post, they’re working it from the inside out.  Politico: Fists fly ! It’s a case of Style section rage:  Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli found himself in the middle of an altercation Friday evening between Style reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia and ...
  3 weeks ago

• 3 things to do

  
  ibn ayyub — Authority: 116
  See also: One World Dying – Another Being Born (audio/mp3) – by Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi
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• The Fear of Youth

  
  French Politics — Authority: 484
  A short history of la peur des jeunes in France. A good example of the kind of innovative mixed-media journalism at which Rue89 excels.
  4 weeks ago

• Saudi Women and Education

  
  Crossroads Arabia — Authority: 540
  Here’s a nice piece on women and education from Mshari Al-Zaydi, in Asharq Alawsat . Al-Zaydi says the world—Saudi Arabia included—is undergoing transformation. Change is the only constant in life. In order to stay on top of change, societies must change as well, not remain locked into some idealized culture. ...
  5 weeks ago

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