The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – A friend of mine woke up Sunday morning, stretched and conveyed a nightmare scenario. He said he dreamed there was a “Huuuge” tanker ship headed for America like the Titanic loaded with tar sands crude headed toward a giant, melting glacier shaped like America. On the front…
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Journalism Crisis Leads to Shameful Compromises
As publications go bust, Vox hires commerce editor in attempt to save journalism — by destroying it By Chris Lehmann – No one needs to remind regular readers of Al Jazeera America that journalism is in crisis. The website will be going dark (at least as far as fresh content is concerned) by the end of…
The American Left Should Listen to Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky, Not Chris Hedges
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – The political left in America is being misled by a Presbyterian minister named Chris Hedges, who writes for the leftist blog Truthdig. In a column published on Valentines Day, this self-described socialist attacks Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Why? Because Sanders had the gall to…
Karl Popper on Democracy: The Open Society and its Enemies Revisited
Editor’s Note: In 1988 The Economist invited the philosopher Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and made the case for a two-party system. As America’s presidential race begins, we are republishing it, below. The first book in English by Professor Sir Karl Popper…
Why Would Congressman and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Lie for Hillary Clinton and Dis Bernie Sanders?
By Glynn Wilson – Why would Congressman and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis of Georgia lie and taint his own reputation and legacy just to help Hillary Clinton beat progressive Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Primary race for President? At a press conference announcing the Congressional Black Caucus PAC’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton, Lewis told…
Michael Moore Says His New Movie ‘Where to Invade Next’ Will Change America
Filmmaker Michael Moore is launching the national release of his new documentary “Where to Invade Next” on Friday, which is said to be both his happiest and “most subversive” movie yet. In the film, Moore travels to countries throughout Europe and also Tunisia to “pry loose from them the tools they’ve been using to make…
How Can Democracy Survive When the Legal Profession is So Despised by the Public?
âThe first thing we do, letâs kill all the lawyers.â â William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2 – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. â Itâs Joe Cain Day, the Sunday before Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Day, when some people on the Gulf Coast feast before some Christians observe a…
Jump On The Bus: How the Independent Web Press Could Save American Democracy
Oscar Nominations for 2016 Announced: ‘The Revenant’ Tops List of Films
The competitors in the 2016 Oscars race were announced Thursday, in an event that was live-streamed from California. The winners will be announced on Feb. 28. The most nominations went to “The Revenant,” with 12, followed by “Mad Max: Fury Road,” with 10. “The Martian” was cited seven times, and “Carol,” “Bridge of Spies,” and…
Night Time Television Viewing Hits New Low in U.S.
By Jim Norman and Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Television viewing was once so beloved by Americans that nearly half said it was their favorite thing to do at night. The latest public opinion survey shows night time TV is now less popular than ever, even with all the new choices between the major…
‘Aquanox: A DeltaWorld Thanksgiving Solstice’ Premiers Saturday Night
DeltaWorld Entertainment, a new fun, worker-owned company on the Gulf Coast, announces its first public launch Saturday night in downtown Mobile at Portal Studios. “Aquanox: A DeltaWorld Thanksgiving Solstice,” a short film co-produced by Glynn Wilson and Walter Simon, will premier Saturday, December 19, beginning at 6 p.m. Summary In the year 2050, an environmental…
The Game of the Century? The Biggest Drug Bust Ever? Come On People…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – I don’t know if Americans or Southerners are incredibly gullible or just stupid, or if local news outlets are to blame. But we had a good laugh Saturday night when the sportscasters fell for the line calling the Alabama-LSU game (Alabama won, 30-16) “The Game of the…
Two Old Stories Resurface: I Must Weigh In on Bush AWOL
Americans With Government Insurance Are Most Satisfied with Health Care System
By Rebecca Riffkin and Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Contrary to the conventional wisdom among conservative Republicans on the national presidential stage, in Congress and in the mainstream and social media circus, Americans with government health care plans are far more satisfied than those with private, corporate plans, according to the latest Gallup poll…
Mainstream Media Misleads Again in Presidential Race
Totally Missing the New Media Conversation and the Peoples’ Political Pulse – By Edgar Wilson – Far from leading the conversation, the mainstream media is missing it entirely. Preconceived narratives surrounding political dynasties, some sort of manifest destiny, and the most predictable sort of ebbs and flows of primary polls have driven coverage away from…
Glynn R. Wilson: Curriculum Vitae
Glynn R. Wilson, ABD University of Tennessee, Knoxville MA, BA University of Alabama 10125 Colesville Road, Suite 205 Silver Spring, MD 20901-2457 (205) 960-3639 Glynn R. Wilson has been a reporter, writer and photographer since the early 1980s and been published in some of the top most significant publications in American journalism history, including the…
Earth Shaking News: Google Publishes Paper Considering Ranking Websites Based on Accuracy
You Are Now Looking at The Most Accurate News Website in the World – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Finally, some positive earth shaking news from Webland, and the implications are simply staggering. It means you are now looking at the most accurate news Website in the world, and Google is about…
A Chance to Support Art in Mobile and Agent Orange Victims in Vietnam
MOBILE, Ala. — Here’s a chance to support art, music and the victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam. There will be a special live music fundraiser at Gallery 450 on Dauphin Street Friday the 13th that promises to steel the show for the monthly Art Walk for March. What sparked this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Alabama…
Former New York Times Reporter Chris Hedges Addresses ‘The State of Journalism’
Selma the Film: Clearing Up the Controversies
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — If you are really any kind of patriotic American — Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, libertarian, whatever — you must be willing to acknowledge that what happened in Alabama and Washington in 1965 was a pivotal moment in U.S. and world history. By “pivotal” I do not…