media critic and professor of journalism, author of blog about journalism, and pulitzer prize winning from washington post, eugene, how do you grade professor rosen s recommendations for the coverage of january 6th? well, first of all, lawrence, happy new year to you and to jerry rosen, whose prescription for covering the trump, you know, freak show, i give an a-plus, that s absolutely the way to do it. under new circumstances should it be covered live, no empty podium, big buildup. and if there is genuine news made, that is real news and not rehash of all the lies, then you can boil that down and report that donald trump said this or
For nearly five decades, the Navajo Generating Station’s smokestacks towered over the sandstone and scrub of the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, churning out greenhouse gases and other pollutants and serving as symbols of coal’s unquestioned dominance of the nation’s energy mix. But the plant shut down in December 2019, and the towers were demolished a year later. Now they symbolize something else entirely: The Big Breakdown of coal power and the ongoing transformation of the West’s economic and energy landscape.
In the late 1950s, several utilities across the Southwest teamed up to create a cabal called WEST, or Western Energy Supply and Transmission Associates, to construct six massive coal-fired power plants and their accompanying mines across the Colorado Plateau. The plants would then ship power hundreds of miles across high-voltage lines to the region’s burgeoning cities. It was the first and most ambitious phase of what scholar and author Charles Wilkinson would
a love story so true, it couldn t have been written. in the faux trailer, matt asks ginny s dad for her hand in marriage. i d like to have your blessing, sir. may i have your daughter s hand in marriage? then sets off to get his gal. i would love to have you as a son-in-law. there s a lot of things in that video that people don t know about, that there s a lot of deep meaning behind it, like where me and her dad are talking. that s a church camp that she grew up at. what are you waiting for? their video short is full of twists, turns and even cinematic nuances. i said, wouldn t it be funny, there s all this anticipation, big buildup, right? he s coming. she knows by this time that he s coming to the theater, right? stops for popcorn and takes his time with it, you know what i mean? it had romance, it had suspense, it had comedy, it had everything wrapped up into seven minutes. however, creating the video is only half the job. the other half, keeping ginny in the dark.
you don t want to think about it too much. with three cameras rolling, ruby ties a string around her brother s loose baby tooth. lean back. but not without rowan getting in a verbal jab or two. you don t know how to tie it. i do, too. and your hand tastes disgusting. i m not going to touch your mouth. open up. lean backwards. your breath stinks! move backwards. your breath stinks! lean backwards. i ll hold my breath. rowan reels in anticipation. ruby revs up the engine and lets her rip. ahh. that hurt just a little bit. the pint-sized stunt is executed to perfection, except for one minor detail. well, it got lost in the gravel. the loose tooth flies from