It’s come to my attention that readers viewing this website using Internet Explorer may be encountering some display issues. Since I use Mozilla rather than IE, I wasn’t aware of this until now. [The IE test drive I conducted when I built the page obviously wasn’t a very thorough one.]
Anyway, I apologize for this glitch and will try to fix it shortly.
If you notice anything else that doesn’t appear right, please let me know. The Resonance staff is underpaid and occasionally misses things.
Thanks to Michael Williams for point this out.
News Flashback: The Tightening Noose
Remember how, after Saddam Hussein’s sons were killed in July, we heard all this chatter from the military leadership (and worse yet the network “military experts”) on how we were about to capture Saddam? Like this:
“Is the noose tightening around him? Absolutely,” said Col. James Hickey, the commander in Tikrit, Hussein’s hometown.
It must have been a really big noose.
Getting the Whole Story
It’s difficult to keep secrets these days, isn’t it? Especially if you’re a media outlet and the secret relates to a trendy news story. So it should have come as a surprise to no one that Globe has published the name and picture of Kobe Bryant’s accuser. I had actually expected it to come out sooner.
The Globe staff went the extra mile in justifying their publication:
Globe editors Jim Lynch and Candace Trunzo defended their decision, saying, “It was appropriate to give our readers the whole story.” They declined to comment further.
Of course. Without that picture, checkout-line jurors across America would have been unable to cast their deciding vote in this momentous trial. But now, thanks to Globe, we can rule on Kobe’s guilt. What a public service.
Outside Reading
Michael Williams hosts the Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium–Halloween Edition.
If Only Schwarzenegger Was a Democrat . . .
then we’d know God is punishing recall voters. But since he’s a Republican, I’m not sure who’s to blame.
Balanced Radio
This morning C-PAN’s Washington Journal featured Ed Schultz, a progressive Fargo, North Dakota radio talk show host whose program is about to be syndicated nationally by Jones Radio.
I don’t know the ins and outs of the radio syndication business, but what are the odds his show will be popping up amongst the < sarcasm>diverse< /sarcasm> political spectrum that is Knoxville talk radio? One percent? Two percent?
[For those of you unfamiliar with this market, it’s the kind of place where they broadcast taped editions of the conservative favorites they’re unable to run at their live times because of conflicts with yet other conservative shows.]
I guess if I ever want a change of pace I’ll have to shell out for satellite radio.