As part of my university curriculum, I studied media bias extensively. With a degree in communication arts, I took courses like mass media, history of rhetoric, and persuasion. The largest media event while I was in college was Desert Storm. The web wasn’t yet a factor, but we’d had news channels like CNN for a … Read more
So argues U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton in this piece on National Review. I think she’s right. Since 9/11, we’ve developed a terrible habit. When faced with threats to our security, we solve the problem by acting bluntly. We consider the immediate threat, or our perception of what that is, and that’s all. A tall … Read more
Yesterday Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it will no longer publish six Dr. Seuss books, including And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street and If I Ran The Zoo, because of perceived racist imagery. Mulberry Street contains an illustration of an Asian man wearing a conical hat and using chopsticks, while If I … Read more