Filed at 8:55 pm, Sunday May 18th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
Dan Rather spoke to one of three graduating classes here at Columbia College Chicago on Saturday May 17th and one of the things he implored graduates and particularly graduating journalism students was to speak truth to power and not self-censor themselves or let themselves be intimidated by those in positions of power.
I recorded this video […]
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Filed at 9:34 am, Saturday May 17th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
Every year at the end of the spring semester and around the time of graduation, my college has a big arts festival and this year’s musical guest was OK Go (the band behind that crazy treadmill video that’s been viewed on YouTube 34 million times). It was a lot of fun and they put on […]
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Filed at 12:53 pm, Friday May 16th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
On Wednesday night, I went to a special screening of Phil Donahue’s new documentary Body of War in advance of its Chicago premier tonight (film trailer above). Donahue was also on hand for a Q&A session after the film and I also had a chance to chat with him at length afterwards (photo of the […]
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Filed at 6:34 pm, Thursday May 15th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
You won’t regret it. Dear lord, these people have no sense of history.
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Filed at 9:31 am, Thursday May 15th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
So, Edwards endorses Obama. No real surprise, but still cool. What’s interesting about it is the campaign’s choice to roll out the endorsement in– of all places– Michigan. Which means the campaign is really trying to project an image of looking ahead to the general election.
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Filed at 10:57 pm, Wednesday May 14th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
I just got back from a special screening of Phil Donahue’s new documentary, Body of War, which is premiering here in Chicago this weekend. Donahue was on hand for a Q&A session after the film and I got to talk with him semi-privately for several minutes afterwards. I’ll post a partial transcript from the Q&A […]
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Filed at 8:31 am, Wednesday May 14th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
The final margin out of West Virginia last night was 67% to 26%. (Edwards got the other 7% of the vote.)
Which is kind of surprising, considering Clinton surrogates had been predicting a much, much bigger win.
Consider the following expectation-setting:
REPORTER: Have you pretty much written off West Virginia as far as a primary goes?
OBAMA: Well […]
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Filed at 6:42 pm, Tuesday May 13th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
West Virginia residents, who are the least educated in the nation as judged by college attendance chose Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama by a large margin tonight.
CNN, ABC, NBC/MSNBC, Fox News and CBS all project win based on exit polls with 0% of the vote counted. The state is worth 28 pledged delegates: how will […]
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Filed at 7:25 pm, Monday May 12th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
Remember Clinton’s metric that red states where Democrats are likely to lose in the fall shouldn’t count in the primary contest? Yeah, well, I guess by that metric, we shouldn’t pay any attention to the results in Kentucky:
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton enters the final week before Kentucky’s May 20 Democratic presidential primary with a commanding […]
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Filed at 1:19 pm, Sunday May 11th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
This really is a great idea:
After a stop at a solar technology company in this central Oregon town, Obama was asked if he supported a suggestion that he campaign with McCain and hold joint town hall meetings in the run-up to the November general election.
“I think that’s […]
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Filed at 10:17 am, Friday May 09th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
On why he won’t endorse yet: “Barack Obama is doing pretty well without my endorsement so far…”
And: “I just voted for him on Tuesday”
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Filed at 9:43 pm, Thursday May 08th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
From The Sun:
THE death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 – more than TWICE the total killed by the Boxing Day Tsunami.
Last night’s warning came as it emerged that 17 Britons, including ex-pats and backpackers, were still missing.
Sources said 200,000 people were already dead or dying.
But the figure could rise to HALF A MILLION […]
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Filed at 7:03 pm, Thursday May 08th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
Chris Matthews to top Clinton strategist Howard Wolfson:
“You’re like one of these Japanese soldiers that’s still fighting in 1953.”
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Filed at 8:34 am, Wednesday May 07th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
Tim Russert: “We now know who the democratic nominee is gonna be, and nobody is going to deny it.”
Also, an AP Breaking News Alert: “Campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the past month.” This, after cash appeal last night…
Update: It’s not just the AP that’s got this scoop, it […]
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Filed at 9:17 pm, Tuesday May 06th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
Other networks quiet…
CNN has no projection, (MS)NBC says too close to call…
NY Times provides results chart for 83% of precincts reporting:
Looks like solid lead for Clinton, though it is surprisingly close still at 52% to 48%.
See Pollster.com’s collection of recent IN polls here.
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