As new boss Sam Zell hires a passel of executives from Clear Channel to run the newspaper. Via the WSJ: Tribune has hired half a dozen radio executives since Mr. Zell took effective control of the company in a leveraged buyout in December, most prominently Mr. Michaels, a former radio chief for Clear Channel CommunicationsContinue reading “LA Times: The Nightmare, Now on Steroids”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
The Devil Makes Three: Music to Drink By
Well, they’re a lot more than that, actually. Put their "Graveyard" in a mix and it stood up well to numerous other songs from much more famous bands. Wanted to go see them tonight in Ventura, but the preview I wrote about them seems to have helped sell out the place! Oh well. They’ll beContinue reading “The Devil Makes Three: Music to Drink By”
To Save the Soul of America (From Violence)
In 2008, the year the Democrats will chose Barack Obama as their nominee for President, this speech from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., could be described as "the fierce urgency of now" speech. But King gave this speech on April 4th, precisely one year before his assassination, and on this April 4th instead of highlightingContinue reading “To Save the Soul of America (From Violence)”
Obama Out-Raises Clinton and McCain Together
For last month, it’s not even close. $40 million to $20 million (or less) for Clinton, and $13 million (or less) for McCain.
Happy Birthday, 2001
The greatest of all movies without interesting humans turns forty today. Just shows there’s a place in the world for awe, as well as comedy, love, terror, and so on. Reminds me of a fascinating passage from the late Arthur C. Clarke’s first great novel, The City and the Stars. From Chapter Thirteen: Throughout theContinue reading “Happy Birthday, 2001”
Bush in Hell (Confused)
Prediction: in the near future, this idea being pioneered by Toles — the connection between global warming and hell, esp. for our bewildered Prez — will become common currency among editorial cartoonists. It’s small compensation for Bush’s utter failure to lead on this crucial matter, but still.
Patriotism vs. Nationalism (Barack, Are You Listening?)
Daniel Larison explains: …this is the crucial difference between patriotism and nationalism: patriotism is love of one’s country and defensive, while nationalism is expressed typically through contempt and fear of other nations and a will to power over other nations. The Iraq war was made possible by a propaganda campaign by the government, the exploitationContinue reading “Patriotism vs. Nationalism (Barack, Are You Listening?)”
Polar Cities: Wussies Need Not Apply
My equaintance Danny Bloom — following up on the Polar Cities idea first proposed by James Lovelock–was spotlighted this week by Andy Revkin in The New York Times. Glad to see Danny’s hard work getting some attention. My favorite comment on his concept, which, simply put, is that if we don’t change our lifestyles, we’reContinue reading “Polar Cities: Wussies Need Not Apply”
The Black Swan Speaks: Beyond the Narrated
"We love the tangible, the confirmation, the palpable, the real, the visible, the concrete, the known, the seen, the vivid, the concrete, the emotionally laden, the salient, the stereotypical, the moving, the theatrical, the romanced, the cosmetic, the officials, the scholarly-sounding verbiage [b*****t], the pompous Guassian economist, the mathematicized crap, the pomp, the Academie Francaise,Continue reading “The Black Swan Speaks: Beyond the Narrated”
The Bushian View of Antarctica
Tom Toles of the Washington-Post is the editorial cartoonist most concerned with the fate of the natural world, by far, but he’s also the editorial cartoonist best able to find humor in our Prez’s view of the world, sez me. It’s a balancing act that leads to some unforgettable visions…even in his sketches.
Kit Stolz 