The Nation's Dave Zirin has been virtually a one-man media campaign in exposing the criminal assault on baseball slugger Barry Bonds by the United States Justice Department. After seven years of investigation, the Justice Dept. arrived in court this week with virtually no case against Bonds. A judge...

The steady erosion of British liberties by Britain's Leftist government It's the little things, always the little things, that get you in the end. For me, it was having to be police checked to take my child on a school trip to our local High Street. Sure, I realise that for quite some time the usual...

A friend of mine and fellow beer connoisseur just send me a link to a trailer for the movie "Beer Wars". The concept of the movie looks cool, after all, I am a big fan of good beer. I'll admit that I like talking about beer almost as much as I like drinking it. However, I have to disagree with one o...

Tom Smith is the founder of Trendstream, a research consultancy that specialises in providing research and consultancy on social media, web and mobile. He formerly worked as Head of Consumer Futures at Universal McCann. Social media continues to grow globally in terms of adoption, usage, interest an...

My latest Adweek column is up. I wanted to write about this year's Super Bowl crop (or should I say crap) of commercials from both a digital and conversational (community, dialogue, partnership) standpoint. Here's the full text: The last thing you probably need right now is more Super Bowl r...

My latest Adweek column is up. I wanted to write about this year's Super Bowl crop (or should I say crap) of commercials from both a digital and conversational (community, dialogue, partnership) standpoint. Here's the full text: The last thing you probably need right now is more Super Bowl redux, bu...

Colorado Media Matters: KOA host compared Obama speech to Nazi rally, followers to Manson Family Radio stations, artists reach Internet fee deal Boston Globe, United States - WASHINGTON - Radio stations will pay lower fees through 2010 to recording artists and labels for streaming music on...

One thing about Rockville I noticed is that there are very few seriously religious or openly religious people. There are plenty of families that show up to church every Sunday, but speaking in sweeping generalizations it seems like they do it in a Simpsonian sort of way; the only reason they go is b...

An Economic Freedom Fighter - Curt Flood Curtis Charles Flood (January 18, 1938–January 20, 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding ...

In the latest sign that things are getting increasingly fucked up, check out the AdAge article of Monday, talking about how the Belgian/Brazilian mafia now in the driving seat at Anheuser-Busch are slashing agency fees as they trim $1.5 billion......