The evidence says murder, And you can see it, but, You can’t tell what you know, You’ll be a “right-wing…
FULL ARTICLEMonth: August 2026
Old Virginia
Rivers originating as “runs,” Battlefields with long-silent guns, Fire-faced preachers denouncing sin, And mountains eroded from within. This is old…
FULL ARTICLETim Russert, R.I.P.
To a journalist dying youngish.* When you helped us go to war We knew you really knew the score, And…
FULL ARTICLEA Toast to Journalists
Let’s hear it for our propagandists, The people who bring us the news. Unencumbered by troublesome scruples, They reflect only…
FULL ARTICLEThe Lies (Poe Meets Orwell)
Hear the wooer’s lies, Glossy, silken lies, Keeping steady focus on the erubescent prize, A salesman ever smiling, The charmer…
FULL ARTICLETwo Bruised Newsmen
Brian Williams and Rick Sanchez: Each fell from the anchorman’s booth. One was brought down for lying. The other for…
FULL ARTICLEPress Peonage
Pity the American journalist Trapped inside the system. He might get urges to write the truth But he knows he…
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