Hecklers Ruin Free Speech Talk Hey people, I just ten minutes ago came from the speech scheduled this evening at UMass by former Boston Herald columnist Don Feder on the issue of hate crimes and free speech. Ironically, the speech was unable to be delivered due to constant interuptions and insults f...

An Old Journalistic Trick I was surprised to see a story on "beat sweeteners" - an insider term to describe the puff pieces mainstream media reporters sometimes write in order to make their jobs easier at the expense of the public's right to know. Critical even of itself, Politico explains: In a pro...

Early Testing of the Field In America presidential campaigns never really end. A gathering of conservatives was polled this weekend and it seems a face from 2008 is leading the pack early on to challenge President Obama, assuming he seeks a second term. According to Politico, former Massachusetts Go...

Sign the Petition - Stop the Stimulus He may have lost (perhaps deservedly so) the 2008 presidential race, but Senator John McCain is still trying to serve our country, this time by rallying opposition to the potentially ruinous so-called economic stimulus plan currently before Congress. I urge you ...

Ben Duffy at the war shrines. Hello everyone, My favorite part of last week's trip to Tokyo was visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine and nearby Yushukan museum. I was absolutely captivated by what I saw there. Yasukuni was built to honor--to enshrine--Japanese people who died in defense of the...

Back in 1996 I joined Barclays Bank as a communications manager within Group Operations and Technology. Between accepting the role and actually starting, the board director heading the division had left, and within weeks of me arriving, my divisional head of comms had joined him. A few weeks later, ...

South Africa will have a huge influence in match of the weekend between Bath and Leicester....

Lastminute Ugo Monye try helps Harlequins draw 2626 with Leicester Bath go top after London Irish lose....

To the world that works. Gee Republicans can be dumb. I can't believe that they are trying to tar Barack Obama with the scandal involving Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Unless there emerges a direct link between Obama and the Governor's apparent wrong-doing then the Republicans only make themsel...

Obama moves rightward. Just as I and others predicted, there's a rising chorus of disillusionment among those who felt that Barack Obama would bring in a true era of change. As Yahoo News reports: Liberals are growing increasingly nervous – and some just flat-out angry – that President-elect Bar...