According to this AP release from a few minutes ago, both the book and the TV interview have been canceled!

“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman. “We are sorry for any pain that his has caused the families of Ron Goldman [...]

I decided to write a letter to Bill O’Reilly this morning, asking him to do something extremely courageous. Over the past few days, I’ve read a few op-ed pieces claiming that the outrage on Fox News regarding the Simpson interview is part of a larger plan being orchestrated by News Corporation. While I [...]

In a statement released this past Thursday, Esta Soler, President of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, expresses her disgust at the O.J. Simpson interview to be aired on Fox during Thanksgiving Weekend:

Family Violence Prevention Fund President Esta Soler today called “beneath contempt” the decision by the Fox Network to air a two-night “event” featuring O.J. [...]

In a statement released this past Thursday, Sue Else, president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) condemns the publication and promotion of O.J. Simpson’s new book, If I Did It, calling it a “how-to guide for killing your wife” and a “senseless act of greed”:

Twelve years ago, the murder of Nicole Brown [...]

This Washington Post article makes it clear that many local Fox stations may be willing to courageously step up and stop this interview from airing:

On Friday, a number of Fox station managers were wondering what to do with the Simpson special.
“I think everybody thought Fox was beyond this, beyond those days of ‘When Animals [...]

I have decided to participate in the boycott of News Corporation if they decide to pursue the publication, distribution and promotion of O.J. Simpson’s new book If I Did It. To this end, I have sent a number of e-mails to various organizations. Please feel free to use these letters, either in whole [...]

I first heard of the concept of “Carbon Footprint” while watching an episode of 30 Days - Off The Grid. I managed to find a calculator on the internet here hosted by safeclimate.net. After putting in some data, including the mileage my wife and I drive as well as the monthly use of [...]

I was just thinking about this today and thought it would be interesting to put my ideas together. I can’t go into the reason why this topic is on my mind right now, but hopefully will be able to in the near future.
I’ve always heard that people in mobs will do things collectively, i.e. [...]

I ran across this article by Mark Morford, a SF Gate Columnist, and thought it had a lot of good things to say about the relationship Americans have with work. Here is a quote from its opening paragraphs:

Work hard and the world respects you. Work hard and you can have anything you want. Work [...]

In between packing boxes for the move to Green Bay, I noticed Jim posted results from this political quiz, so I thought I’d take a break and do the same:

You are a Social Liberal (61% permissive) and an… Economic Conservative (80% permissive) You are [...]