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James Hansen Receives Stephen Schneider Science Communication Award

James Hansen, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and author of the book, Storms of My Grandchildren, was presented with the annual Stephen Schneider Science Communication award this month, named for the Stanford…

Is the FCC Moving Towards Allowing More Media Consolidation?

Q&A – By Bill Moyers – The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to relax a longstanding ban that prevents one company from owning radio and television stations and newspapers in the same city — a move that activists…

Karl Rove Called the Second Biggest Loser on Election Night

Bush’s Brain ‘Turd Blossom’ Suffers Meltdown on Fox News Over Ohio Vote – By Glynn Wilson – While President Barack Obama was clearly the biggest winner on election night and Massachusetts Mormon Mitt Romney was the biggest loser, some political…

Republican Attorney General Censors Alabama Public Television?

Memo Gets ‘Forever Wild’ Show Bumped on Eve of Vote Glynn Wilson Little River Falls near Fort Payne, Alabama by Glynn Wilson Is Alabama’s Republican Attorney General Luther Strange condoning censorship in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens…

Bill Moyers Interviews Craig Unger on Karl Rove

Bill Moyers interviews author Craig Unger about Rove’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering to once again affect the outcome of a presidential election. Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power, draws from my own work on Rove in the case of…

The Newsroom Season Finale: A Greater Fool

Picasso’s Don Quixote “I’m a loafer by nature, I’m too lazy to go hunting for authors who say what I already know how to say without their help.” – The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Volume 1, Prologue,…

Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power

In a new book, author Craig Unger examines the return of Karl Rove, the man who masterminded the rise of George W. Bush from governor of Texas to a two-term presidency, who advised Bush during two wars in Iraq and…