Josh Benner

Tag: George W. Bush

  • Is the media making truth harder to know?

    With major news stories, does anyone else ever feel like it can be incredibly hard to even know what’s true?   All of the media outlets have agenda, the spin that comes from both parties, facts getting twisted, intellectual dishonesty. I believe that truth is inherently worth knowing and pursuing and I feel like they…

  • President’s surprise trip to Afghanistan: how Twitter almost blew his cover

    I originally read about this on Mashable Usually when the president travels somewhere, the trip is known about in advance and his arrival is highly anticipated. Even when the president travels overseas, these visits are typically public knowledge. Today, President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on the one year anniversary of Navy SEALS…

  • Where I was on 9/11

    photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons. Julien Menichini This week, so much has been written about 9/11. So many documentaries and television specials have aired. I haven’t really watched any of it, nor have I read the articles. It’s not that I don’t care about what happened a decade ago. I care a great deal.…