Category Archives: Journalism

Holy crap, Barry. Give me the gun and walk away

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Rufus Dogg
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The White House released the above photo of President Obama shooting skeet at Camp David, mostly because some reporter was badgering Jay Carney about producing photo evidence of his claim that he shoots skeet. Ok. Cue up the silly. I’m … Continue reading →

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A photo speaks a thousands words and one editorial point of view

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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On the evening of September 11, 2001, my family piled into the car and we drove to a restaurant to have dinner. During the five mile drive on a mostly deserted freeway, we talked about the events of the day … Continue reading →

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Two questions we should ask Mitt Romney

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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Last night, Mitt Romney conducted some hastily-organized interviews with the major networks in part to respond to the deluge of attacks by Barack Obama about his role at Bain Capital. He did not do very well because I think he … Continue reading →

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Why Seamus keeps dogging Mitt and what Melissa Harris-Perry got wrong

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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Yesterday during her show Melissa Harris-Perry, Melissa weighed in on the dog kerfuffle with Mitt Romney and Seamus (pronounced SHAY-mus) and more recently, with Barack Obama eating dog meat when he was five years old in Indonesia. (video below) She … Continue reading →

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The agony and ecstasy of Mike Daisey

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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On Friday, This American Life retracted the story “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory” because it contains fabrications. The press release is here. I think This American Life should keep the episode available as part of its official history of … Continue reading →

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I became an artist because I hate math

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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During my stint at the Dayton Daily News, I used to do career day at local schools. I think everyone at the paper just wanted a day off from me which is why they always nominated me to go. That’s … Continue reading →

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Who do you trust?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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When Steve Jobs died, I knew about it a few minutes afterward because I saw a tweet from Chris Brogan asking if it were true. But I didn’t immediately retweet or reply; I went to nytimes.com. And cnn.com. And msnbc.com. … Continue reading →

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