Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $16,225
20%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 20%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: pekingduck

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • The Pinch and Judy Show

    10/25/2005 10:12:43 AM PDT · by Congressman Billybob · 7 replies · 821+ views
    Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 25 October 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)
    Beginning in the Middle Ages, there was a widely popular puppet show called “Punch and Judy.” Most of its content and humor were based on two characters flailing away at each other with slap sticks. Today, we have a verbal equivalent of the same thing, occurring in the pages of the New York Times. These protagonists are Arthur (“Pinch”) Sulzberger Jr., boy-publisher of the Times, and Judith (“Judy”) Miller, one-time rising star writer for that paper. Judy says she told the truth and upheld the values of the Times. Slap! Pinch says she misled her editors and brought the reputation...