by Erik Kain on March 6, 2012
is in trouble. Following the conservative talk-radio host’s remarks about a college student, Sandra Fluke, who testified before congress during the contraception debate, numerous advertisers are pulling their ads from the show. After Fluke’s testimony, Limbaugh took to the airwaves. “What does that make her?” he asked. “It makes her a slut, right? It makes [...]
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Conservative internet publisher and avid blogger Andrew Breitbart died yesterday. He was 43. Friends and acquaintances described the Big Hollywood founder as intense – a passionate conversationalist who never left work no matter where he went. But Breitbart was hounded by health problems and high blood pressure. The intensity of his personality was matched only by [...]
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Google counted the number of views each of the main GOP candidates and President Barack Obama received on YouTube over the past thirty days and this is what they came up with: The president looms above the rest of the pack, thanks to a few spikes in views. Remarkably, the Republican spread is not that [...]
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James Paczkowski, writing at All Things D, says the Apple rumor mill has gone too far in predicting an iPad mini: The second report, also from Digitimes, is far less credible and resurfaces long-running rumors that Apple is gearing up to produce a “mini” iPad, a 7.85-inch device to compete with the Kindle Fire and Nook, [...]
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by Erik Kain on March 1, 2012
Andrew Breitbart, founder of Big Government and a host of other conservative blogs, died last night at the age of 43. That’s too young for anyone, regardless of how well you’ve lived. And while I found myself on the opposite end of the political spectrum from Mr. Breitbart, his work as a trailblazer for online [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 29, 2012
Megan Garber has yet another fantastic post up in The Atlantic. She notes that revenue is up for the Times, and that the ability of that publication to build a strong brand, rather than cater simply to the whims of SEO, has made it a stronger company for the long haul: If I search for [...]
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announced its release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview at World Congress today. Speaking to a crowd in Barcelona, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky called the new operating system a “bold re-imagining of Windows” and said that it was a “generational change” marking the first major overhaul of Windows since Windows 95. It’s certainly not like any other [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 28, 2012
The big news today is that Google+ users only spend an average of three minutes a month on the site – a pretty shabby showing compared to Facebook or Pinterest, and one of the lowest time-scores of any social network. Compare Google’s 3 minutes to Facebook’s 405 minutes, or Pinterest and Tumbler’s nearly 100 minutes [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 24, 2012
The Onion has really grabbed the fake news bull by the horns over the past few years. In one short video, they manage to make fun of teenagers, Facebook, our obsession with phones, and get in a bit of a dig at the controversial euthanasia debate. You can watch more fake Onion news here. Follow [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 24, 2012
People used to fast for Lent, give up meat, and often some other thing that made their lives to comfortable. Catholics and many other Christian denominations do this so that they can be thankful for what they have, and think more about the blessings God has bestowed upon them. Giving up something you love makes [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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