Category Archives: Government

Have you noticed what one news medium is doing re Trump?

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Naomi

While you’re raging over, say, the New York Times headlines (even Paul Krugman did a job on the one misstating Trump’s “achievements”), I’ve been spotting a subtle but meaningful difference in the way the paper reports about Trump statements. Today, … Continue reading →

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Daily News readers weigh in on Mamdani

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Naomi

I knew a post-primary read of the Daily News’s Voice of the People (letters to the editor) would be fun. And it was. Ed, from Ridgewood, NJ, says that Trump had a great week bombing and the Democrats had a … Continue reading →

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I’m reading about Hitler’s intelligence agencies. Can’t imagine why

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Naomi

Re-reading, actually, the exhaustive history of Hitler’s intelligence operations, Hitler’s Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II, by David Kahn. Exhaustive it may be, but Kahn was such a terrific storyteller the book reads like the complex thriller it … Continue reading →

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