No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

What Free Media?

Paul Krugman reports the following story:

Did the news media feel that it was unpatriotic to question the administration's credibility? Some strange things certainly happened. For example, in September Bush cited an International Atomic Energy Agency report that he said showed that Saddam was only months from having nuclear weapons. "I don't know what more evidence we need," he said. In fact, the report said no such thing -- and for a few hours the lead story on MSNBC's Web site bore the headline "White House: Bush Misstated Report on Iraq." Then the story vanished -- not just from the top of the page, but from the site.

When Hitler attacked Poland, he had a number of prisoners dressed in Polish uniforms killed on the Polish-German border, and claimed that he was responding to a Polish attack. There is NO difference in the propaganda effort used by bush to justify the attack on Iraq. None.
posted by Richard at 12:53 PM