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David Crisp: Let’s ‘American Idol’-ize the GOP debates

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By weekly newspaper standards, things slow down here a bit in the summer, so I thought I would take a few minutes to solve a pressing national concern. Seriously, no problem, I’m happy to do it. Republicans and Fox News (or do I repeat myself?) are in a bit of a tizzy over how to handle upcoming presidential debates for GOP candidates. The problem is that there are too many candidates to fit on one stage. So Fox plans to let only the top 10 candidates debate, as reflected in current polling. Continue Reading →

Filed under: From the Outpost, 'American Idol', a whole bunch of GOP candidates, Fox News, Pulitzer Prize, Republican Party

Neglected 1960s finally get some attention

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Most of the television I watch is at the Y, from an elliptical machine, with no sound on the TV, just close captioning. I know that doesn’t qualify me as a television critic, but I saw two things yesterday that cried out for comment. One was that CNN was advertising a new 10-part documentary series on the 1960s. Thank goodness! Finally, the forgotten decade is going to get some exposure. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Last Best Blog, CNN, Fox News, House Veterans Affairs Committee, YMCA

From the Outpost: Still waiting for the demise of legal racism

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David Crisp

A Fox News contributor last week asked protesters at a North Carolina rally whether the Tea Party is racist. Sure it is, they said. Could they give examples? Not so much. A graduate student at UCLA analyzed signs at a Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C. She found that only about 6 percent mentioned President Obama’s race, religion or American citizenship. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Billings Outpost, David Crisp, Fox News, Jennifer Olsen, Max Lenington, Richard Cebull, Tea Party