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.

 

How Bad was US News of the Iraq War?

It was so bad that many people were tuning into the BBC World News to find out what wasn't being reported here. The Madison Capital Times offers this story (not otherwise printed in the US) about the sharp rise in listeners to the BBC World News.

I'm old enough to remember stories about people in Communist countries sitting around battered radios at night listening to Radio Free Europe to find out what wasn't being printed in Pravda. Now it has happened here in the US - under a conservative Republican administration.

What's next? Will Ashcroft start jamming the radio waves and threatening to arrest anyone listening to illegal broadcasts?

That was supposed to be pushing the image to its extreme for humor purposes - but in the back of your mind, are you really wondering if that's impossible?
posted by Richard at 12:27 AM