The State Of . . .The New York Times

My favorite paper, The New York Times, is going through a tough time right now. I could not have guessed that the Jayson Blair scandal was only the first sign that something was wrong. I was still blinded by the extraordinary and Pulitzer Prize winning work the paper did on 9/11 to care about Blair. [...]

Former Powell Chief of Staff Slams Bush Administration "Cabal"

Retired colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who was Powell’s right-hand man for 16 years in the public and private sectors, also skewered President George W. Bush saying the US leader was “not versed in international relations and not too much interested in them either.”
Here is a link to a video of Wilkerson’s speech.

“What I saw was [...]

Foxy Brown is Losing Her Hearing

“The news about Foxy Brown is not good. The rapper is losing her ability hear. The problem is severe enough to force her to have surgery soon.
“I started breaking down in tears and screaming and I couldn’t even hear myself scream,” she told People Magazine. “I ran outside to my truck and honked the horn. [...]