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Posts published in February 2010

More PC Police

Here's a copy of the e-mail (courtesy of Washington City Paper) that got Chris Dovi, a Style Weekly reporter, fired after the e-mail was accidentally sent…

The Goat in the Clearing

That was quick. It seems only yesterday — in fact it was only yesterday — that we had Barack the Populist flailing away at the…

Saving Aaron Vargas – It May be Too Late

I don’t know Fort Bragg carpenter Todd Rowan, but I admire him. In a few short remarks quoted Sunday in the San Francisco Chronicle, Rowan…

Letters to the Editor

WHO’S THAT POUNDING? To the Editor: On January 28th at about 2:15pm I was taking a shower. About 15 minutes later there was a loud…

Disaster Capitalist University

Part Two of Will Parish's and Darwin Bond-Graham's series on disaster capitalism, UC-style.

Fake Pinot

The worldwide wine industry is abuzz with the recent conviction of a French wine combine which defrauded Gallo Wines by delivering at least 18 million…

PC Police 1, Alternative Media 0

The alt-weekly in Richmond, Virginia, apparently canned a reporter yesterday for being mean to a blind motivational speaker and his PR guy.

Jury Hangs, Cohen Goes For Oblivion

When I first heard from a confidential source that Terry Cohen, who's accused of murdering 38-year-old Jason Piper, had overdosed, I was sworn to secrecy. But within the hour the defendant's overdose was as public as the moon.

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