by Gordon Hensley | May 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
New York, NY — With increasing frequency, due to the rapidly fragmenting media marketplace and incessant cable news coverage, politicians and personalities get a hot hand that they play out on the public stage before their two minutes of fame is over. Fifteen...
by Gordon Hensley | May 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
Washington, DC — While the reporting about GOP activist Grover Norquist’s historical linkage to Jack Abramoff in today’s New York Times story by Kate Zernike and Anne Kornblut is accurate, it would be a shame to see Norquist’s integrity and...
by Gordon Hensley | May 16, 2005 | Uncategorized
Washington, DC — While many of us oppose almost every aspect of U.S. Rep. Barney Frank’s legislative agenda, one must admire his integrity, intelligence and wit. Always a favorite to watch in the chamber, his brilliant mid-1980s rhetorical duels with...
by Gordon Hensley | May 13, 2005 | Uncategorized
Washington, DC — I really liked Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football, and I liked his show on CNBC, until he started dissing people for their weight, their appearance, their nationality and other inexplicable moronic putdowns. The more Miller let his...
by Gordon Hensley | May 12, 2005 | Uncategorized
Washington DC — Sitting amongst four tv monitors as I work, the blur of talking heads discussing Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Donald Trump and all the other irrelevancies and trivialities now considered "news" whisks by. But every so often, a new...
by Gordon Hensley | May 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Washington, DC — As someone who has known for some time that conservative pundit Tucker Carlson has been a longtime fan of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, it was great to see his interview with Dead bassist Phil Lesh on his recent PBS show. It was also...
