What's all this I hear about needing a bias ? I think there's plenty of bias around! Why, just watch the nightly news! Ohhh ... Never mind. (Hat tip to the late Rosanne Rosanadana ) But seriously, folks... On a scale of political bias, the media industry as a whole is no more or less biased than...

The endorsement by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Senator Barack Obama's proposed 16-month timeline for the withdrawal of the bulk of American troops has significance well beyond its positive effect on his campaign. Obviously, it demonstrates that Obama's instincts and advisers are more...

If Intelligent Design is so intelligent, why aren’t we? I’m pretty sure most people think they are, which begs the question. They think their brains operate in the logical and efficient manner of their “personal” computers. “Facts” are learned and stored away, waiting to be retrieved when needed. These...

In 2005 the Pentagon, under the direction of then Secretary of Defense Donald Rummsfeld, began a program of feeding pro-war propaganda to the media as part of it’s prewar misinformation campaign. This program continued until it was suspended yesterday. Playing on viewers' fears, already stoked by...