http://jrturner.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by John Turner en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:45:51 GMT 2010-01-08T07:45:51Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976733165 A letter writer to the Dallas Morning News makes a puzzling point that one sees increasingly expressed: "I am tired of all of this hand-wringing over justice for Dena Schlosser. What about justice . . . Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:02:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976733165 John Turner 2006-02-28T16:02:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976728694 The press and the internet are currently displaying numerous charges that Mrs. King's funeral was inappropriately politicized. President Carter, in particular, has been singled out for saying the FBI . . . Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:31:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976728694 John Turner 2006-02-08T17:31:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727169 The State of the Union Address can be seen as a public spectacle, quite independent of anything the president actually says. And when we view it that way, the question becomes: Was it a good show or not? . . . Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:29:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727169 John Turner 2006-02-01T14:29:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726927 I'm grateful to all the readers who commented on my posting about how the media deal with the most significant current issues. Some of you will recall I said the main reasons important stories get . . . Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:52:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726927 John Turner 2006-01-31T14:52:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976724660 I got an e-mail from someone whose name doesn't need to be mentioned which said: "You blue states don't know how to protect your children, and seem to be proud of it." He was evidently . . . Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:37:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976724660 John Turner 2006-01-23T15:37:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976724348 In today's Washington Post (1/18/06) writing about global warming, David Ignatius says, "we are all but ignoring the biggest story in the history of humankind." He's certainly right about . . . Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:45:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976724348 John Turner 2006-01-21T14:45:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976724346 Bill O'Reilly has now taken to defaming people I know. Chris Graff, Jeffrey Amestoy, and Amy Davenport are all decent, intelligent people who know far more about the cases they take up than Mr. O'Reilly . . . Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:40:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976724346 John Turner 2006-01-21T14:40:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976722963 "From Liberty Street" January 14, 2006 The TV pundit Bill O'Reilly has announced that he intends to take over my home state of Vermont. I guess I should be shaking in my slippers. Not . . . Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:22:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976722963 John Turner 2006-01-15T17:22:48Z