Waging a Good War: Tortured Thesis
Those with little or no background in that history can gain it from Waging a Good War. The writing isn’t awful when it sticks to the story, rather than the…
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Waging a Good War: He Is Writing This Because . . .
Rick's military history approach comes off as just a vehicle to score some historical and contemporary points. For example, he wrote, “The same antidemocratic faction of American life that opposed…
Waging a Good War: The Army of One
The clumsy military clichés and analogies in Waging a Good War also caused Ricks to veer into incongruous criticisms of the individuals who waged the good war. In one example,…
The Twitter Files, Trump, and the Corporate Media’s King Kong Problem
Donald Trump is a media creation based in large measure on this outsized Twitter presence that the media couldn’t get enough of and profited mightily from. Even now, as he…
Getting Close to Bad People: Episode 5 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
Outside of the pedantic rehash of 2020 election denial, the big reveal in Episode 5, and the reason why it is still well worth watching, involves coverage of the John…
The Outrage Machine: Episode 4 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
Showtime’s The Lincoln Project (full series) Introduction | Episode 1 | Episode 2 Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode…
The Trump Projection: Episode 3 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
An ill-fated family intervention occurred in episode 3 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project. Much else that the cameras captured reveals selfish behavior and self-inflicted distractions rivaling and often exceeding the…
Eyes off the Prize: Episode 2 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
If it had not been for the pandemic, it’s hard to see how Trump would have lost his job. Whether the people featured in the Showtime series really helped push…
Losing the Latino Voters: Episode 1 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
According to the Showtime account, increasing Latino and black support for Donald Trump is not what the Lincoln Project had in mind. The filmmakers chose “The gunslingers” as the title…
Showtime’s The Lincoln Project: Weaponizing Attack Ads Against Your Donor Base
Showtime’s The Lincoln Project (full series) Introduction | Episode 1 | Episode 2 Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode…