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Let My Data Go!

I was a student when I got my first internet email address in 1988. It was on a crusty old IBM mainframe that my university used for everything from statistics processing to record-keeping. I was filled with regret that I left behind four years of ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Huffington Post,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: IBM,  Yahoo!,  Google Inc.

Confirmation 'kabuki' does no justice

Supreme Court confirmation hearings are often criticized as a “kabuki” dance — a performance where nominees pretend to answer questions, and senators pretend to care what the answers are. Last week’s hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor will not be spared ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, The Politico,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sonia Sotomayor,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party

Government support for all energy-saving technologies

1) Main point: CREE is the AMERICAN company singled out for recognition. Others of the "big three" are Dutch (Philips Lumileds) or German (Osram). This may give them a "leg up" in getting gov't. contracts. 2) CREE has a narrower product line, since ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Gerson Lehrman Group,  8 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Brian Fitzpatrick: Media Have a Proposition for Calif. Churches: You're Bigots

The liberal media worked overtime against California’s marriage amendment, Proposition 8, which the voters passed 52 to 48 percent.   After the Nov. 4 vote, the media quickly jettisoned professional objectivity – and respect for democracy – to spin a ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Town Hall,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Brian Fitzpatrick: The Enduring Culture War

As the 2008 presidential campaign mercifully drew to a close, several media pundits were suggesting that America’s culture war is also coming to an end, or at least withdrawing into a long and chilly hibernation.  This is wishful thinking. Prothero, ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Town Hall,  4 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Peter Beinart,  Sarah Palin,  The New Republic

Palin, Jesus and Witches???

Seven days before America elects a new leadership team, Newsweek is making a last-ditch attempt to portray GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin as a religious nut. In her article Newsweek Religion Editor Lisa Miller suggests Palin believes in ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Newsbusters,  29 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Newsweek,  Sarah Palin,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain

Brian Fitzpatrick: Media Drink Obama's "8 Years Old" Kool-Aid

Barack Obama’s relationship with Weathermen founder William Ayers would reveal a great deal about the candidate’s character and values, if establishment journalists chose to tell the tale.  But rather than investigate and expose the truth, many news ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Town Hall,  22 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  William Ayers,  The Pentagon

Brian Fitzpatrick: Debate Questions That Schieffer Should Ask

Should women be drafted or serve in combat? Should English be the nation’s official language? Should judges interpret laws according to the Constitution or contemporary values? Should there be any restrictions on abortion? Does the Second Amendment ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Town Hall,  15 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Bob Schieffer,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sarah Palin

NY Times Sells Subscriptions at Deviant Sex Fair

You won't believe it unless you see it with your own eyes.    On September 28, The New York Times sponsored a booth selling subscriptions at the Folsom Street Fair - the largest, raunchiest, most outrageous celebration of deviant sexual behavior in San ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Newsbusters,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi

Brian Fitzpatrick: The Cost of Killing Palinzilla

The monster springs suddenly, without warning, from the frigid depths of the Bering Sea. Striding imperiously onto dry land, it slowly turns its crested head toward an isolated fishing village. The people scatter, screaming in terror. All, that is, but ...

From BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Town Hall,  9 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sarah Palin,  Lou Dobbs,  John McCain

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