I, Robert

At which point I write the word “hooker” on the bottom of the envelope I’m using to take notes and hold it up for the wife. Now, it is perhaps a testimony or a condemnation to the way that I’ve lived my life that at no point during my conversation with this hooker calling me from my office and asking for payment does my wife for EVEN AN INSTANT think that perhaps, yes, she should be concerned that a hooker is calling her husband at home asking for payment. Now I don’t know about the rest of you, but this is a first for me, and my mind is racing. What to do? What information do I need? How do I go about getting it? I’m proud of myself for writing “hooker” on the envelope but I know I’ve got to do better than that. What pops into my head is: WHAT WOULD THE MENTALIST DO?

Beyond the ethics of lying and smear one’s opponents, I would think conservatives would worry about the fact that a large portion of conservative media is dedicated to lying to conservatives. They regard their audience as marks to be misled and exploited

Chief among the criticisms of Obama was his response to the spill. Pundits argued that he needed to show more emotion. Their analysis, however, should be viewed in light of the economic pressures on the journalism industry combined with a 24-hour news environment and a lack of new information about the spill itself.