New Orleans Increasingly the definitions of journalism are devolving into a simple proposition: news is where you find it, and a journalist is whoever might have brought the story to you. Old school journalists, newspapers trying to hold on to their business model, and news and broadcast institutions long dedicated to acting as voices for …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Is Demographics Destiny in a Democracy?
New Orleans On a radio interview I conducted on Friday discussing the impact of the DOMA and Prop 8 decisions, the young man poignantly spoke about the isolation of young homosexuals in rural areas, compared to the relative freedom in the cities, even conservative cities. I then noticed a map in the Wall Street Journal …
Wielding the Bank Account Weapon to Block Wikileaks and Others
Little Rock In the current showdown between the National Security Agency and leaker Edward Snowden, numerous accounts are resuscitating interest and attention on Wikileaks and its huge intel drop of 2010. Part of this is simply a case of Snowden being unavailable to talk, thereby opening up a huge media hole that demands to be …