Is We Smarter Than Me When the Commenters are Racists?

Are Newspaper comments worthless? They are when the articles are about big city crime. Let’s look at two pieces from Thursday. The Chicago Tribune reported on a morning robbery at a Streeterville (I was afraid that name was being phased out, it has a great history) movie theater. At the Philadelphia Daily News, Will Bunch’s … Continue reading »

Sergi Xavier Martin’s Youtube-won Infamy

The big news in Ecuador, besides the case of Miller Bolanos and the banning of Halloween, is the racist attack of a teen Ecuadorean immigrant on a train in Barcelona by 21 year old Sergi Xavier Martin. Eduardo Avila provides quite a summary of the Ecuadorean blog reaction. The attack would have garnered little attention … Continue reading »