Bill’s in town

By on January 31st, 2008 In Hype!

Bill Clinton swings by this evening, and will speak at ASU’s Gammage Auditorium at ASU at 8.30 pm. With the national and international press here for the Super Bowl, and another visit by Barack Obama on Wednesday, Hillary’s “pit bull” (as the TimesOnline, London, calls him) steps into the arena at a perfect time. May [...]

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McCain on McCain

By on January 30th, 2008 In Hype!, Social Media

“Tonight, my friends, we celebrate but tomorrow it’s back to work.” That’s John McCain, post Florida. As for his daughter, Meghan’s campaign-side (but not always political) blog, McCain Blogette celebrates another way, with a “playlist.” It includes “Iron Man,” “prophesy” and “Hang me up to dry.” Perhaps an oblique knock at Giuliani. It’s interesting watching [...]

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Talton Responds to your comments

By on January 29th, 2008 In Media

Former Republic columnist Jon Talton has moved on — or has he? There seems to be some debate on Linda VandeVrede’s post yesterday, to which Talton responded: I don’t mean to sound bitter. I do tell it like it is. For nearly seven years, I had one of the best jobs in journalism, and in [...]

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Miss your Buzz?

By on January 29th, 2008 In Media

In case you haven’t noticed the glaring absence of Biz Buzz in the pages of the Republic recently, fear not — it will return. Chad Graham told me this morning that Biz Buzz is simply on hiatus and should return by the end of February.

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5 Questions for Jon Talton

By on January 29th, 2008 In Media

Jon Talton was one of my favorite Arizona Republic columnists because he called it like he saw it.  He wrote about Arizona in his columns and novels with an objective distance – not an easy task for someone who grew up here.   He moved to Seattle this past year, and I was happy to catch [...]

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Is the Internet killing Communism?

By on January 29th, 2008 In Hype!, Media

There was a fascinating story out of China last week related to that country’s hosting of the Olympics this summer. According to the story on AP, Chinese President Hu Jintao has asked his party to step up the propaganda machine. Officials should “perform well the task of outward propaganda, further exhibit and raise up the [...]

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