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Media Monitor: Is Martha Stewart eyeing Darwin’s twineball?

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.04.09 | 5:21 pm

Word is Martha Stewart is calling up the Twine Museum in Darwin, Minn., to express interest in our fair state’s world-record, 9-ton twineball. Plus, Power Line swipes Tomorrow, a graphic designer visually rebuts GOP “obfuscation,” and more.

Media Monitor: A Fallon meltdown, VVM paper pinched and dispassionate conservatives

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.23.08 | 11:05 am

Egomelting: Minneapolis-based ad giant Fallon, as a reaction to the ad industry’s awards fetish, is asking staffers to donate their coveted Gold Lions, Silver Pencils and Clios to be melted down and made into a sign bearing…

Rightwing blogs decry Obama’s meeting with imam Bush kissed

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.19.08 | 9:31 am

When George W. Bush met Imam Hassan Qazwini in 2003, he gave the leader of America’s largest mosque a hug and a kiss on the cheek. When Pope Benedict visited the U.S. last…

Power Line and the Pipeline: Bush Confidant Touts Blog’s Ability to “Regurgitate Exactly”

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.07.07 | 6:19 pm

While former Bush advisor Dan Bartlett says he “probably got more complaints” from Fox News staffers about “not getting the type of access they deserved,” Bush’s longest-serving aide and closest confidant tells Texas Monthly who he was perfectly happy to…