“Hubris applies to people who believe that they know best; that they know better than the experts. They believe that their view of the world trumps the experts and everybody else…. They put their presumptions, what they believed to be true, ahead of the evidence. Every component of the disaster that has occured in the war… was written about by folks in and out of the White House prior to the invasion.” — David Corn

Pajamas Media Special Correspondent Andrew Keen interviews David Corn, the author of the best-selling Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War. Corn is also the Washington editor for The Nation. He blogs @ David Corn.Com.

Neo-neocon, Dr. Sanity, Shrinkwrapped, and Siggy delve into 9/11 again on the fifth anniversary of that tragic day, and examine how the process of grieving has evolved over the last five years.

Also… Do you need your world to be in persistent balance? Lacking the moral fortitude to put wrongdoers in their place? Find out what your analyst really thinks about you as the cranial crew judges judgements and some people’s inability to make them.

A Production of Pajamas Media, the Best of the Blogs, and POLITICSCENTRAL.

“In the United States today, five companies control the majority of all media revenue: Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Time-Warner, News Corporation…. From the standpoint of revenues, the Internet is the most consolidated media ever in the United States…. When you look at the revenue flow from the Internet it is all going into the pockets of Yahoo, Google, Reuters and the AP…. In the Blogosphere… we’ve got millions of blogs, but only a handful that are generating enough money to sustain the operations of those people that are producing them. And that revenue is ia direct function of their ability to actually crack through the Blogosphere and gain some visibility.” — Richard Landry

Just how do all the small circulation news and opinion magazines get on (some) news stands around the country? Richard Landry and the Independent Press Association have a lot to do with it.

Richard Landry is executive director of the Independent Press Association, a non-profit organization whose mission is to amplify the power of independent media so as to foster a more just, open, and democratic society. The IPA supports the growth and development of over 525 independent magazines, newspapers, and web sites throughout North America.

An Exclusive Pajamas Media video presentation on Iranian President Khatami’s visit to the Washington National Cathedral. Produced by Andrew Marcus with Richard Miniter.
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With Senator Bill Frist retiring and leaving his seat open, Tennessee is one of the handful of states where Democrats have a chance of picking up a Senate seat this fall, making it crucial to Democratic efforts to recapture the Senate. Earlier this year we interviewed the Democratic candidate, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., of Memphis.

Now we’ve got the other side of the story, with Republican candidate Bob Corker. Corker answers questions on Iraq, the war on terror, the Second Amendment, immigration, and more. Plus, questions about earmarks and pork!