December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…
October 23, 2020 When to talk and when to not The idea for this blog post came today when I noticed an article called “Where cancel culture stops,” by Yisroel Besser in Mishpacha magazine, meant for Orthodox Jews. (I apologize…
May 1, 2020 Is Facebook facing the fact its Community Standards struck out with me 3 times in one night? If you’re a longtime reader, then you’ve probably seen the phase I went through, ending articles with this phrase: If you appreciate what you…
April 15, 2020 A blogger’s job is never done, especially after a migration I haven’t blogged for a while because I’ve been working hard, but I’ve been on this updated website, fixing lots of problems that started…
March 7, 2020 New and improved website! I’m happy to report the blog CohenConnect.com is new and improved, with a different web host, and more to see at first glance if…
August 15, 2019 ThePhillyFiles’ six-week milestone! I sent the following to subscribers of ThePhillyFiles on Mailchimp: It’s hard for me to believe but today marks *six weeks* since the kickoff…
July 20, 2019 Larger Than Life Personality: Remembering Mitch Petrus — Austin Kellerman I’ve never reblogged before. Only heard of it. But heat stroke is deadly, and a serious threat this weekend. A few days ago, it…
June 13, 2019 Adding my own few points to Nexstar’s ‘Digital First’ strategy The phrase “Digital First” is nothing new. Managers in TV station news departments have been saying it for years, but they really hadn’t practiced…
May 3, 2019 Lenny’s update, and the writing and posting you may have missed You may have actually looked at the homepage of this blog, CohenConnect.com, and thought I hadn’t been writing. It may have looked that way,…
May 2, 2019 Thinking about religion, belief and recent violence Vacation time is up. We’re into May and I haven’t written a “real blog post” for you in a month and a half, since…
March 16, 2019 Control of the media after the mosque attacks in New Zealand THANK YOU to the two new followers from over the past week, bringing the total up to 116. I hope you like what you…
January 11, 2019 Anniversary means time to start something new It’s Jan. 11 and that means today marks four years since my very first blog post at www.CohenConnect.com. Back then, when I started, I…
January 7, 2019 Odds, ends and new beginnings It’s always good to be remembered, and hopefully being your last new year’s message of the year will keep some of my thoughts on…
January 2, 2019 Banned from Facebook pages twice in 2 days! Sometimes, interesting things happen when you read friends’ Facebook pages. I’m not talking about going to look on purpose, which I’ve done before. I’m…
December 6, 2018 Blogging better in 2019 after hitting 20,000 views in 2018 THANK YOU! I don’t know what else to say. There’s nothing special about hitting 20,000 blog page views except that it’s a big round…
October 28, 2018 Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole I’ve known I had another blog post “due” before the election, if you know how I think, but too much on my mind and…
October 10, 2018 The case against us all paying for private schools Several times a year, before elections, a man in Florida emails me about who to support in elections down there. The goal is to…
October 2, 2018 News starting out good but going downhill fast It’s a happy moment at CohenConnect.com. (Online definition of moment: “a very brief period of time.” The italics are mine.) September’s blog numbers were…
September 14, 2018 Eric Trump and his shekels I try not to go more than a week without posting something. Unfortunately, it has been 11 days dues to holidays that won’t be…
September 3, 2018 Labor Day weekend leftovers I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure you’ve had a busy week, between getting used to having your kids in school or planning what…
July 17, 2018 More moderation in politics, not so in casting calls I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. There’s too much going on, between job stuff, the news and that last blog post I…
June 2, 2018 Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Who would’ve thought of me as some type of music expert? Definitely not anybody who knows me! I’ve been planning this blog for a…
May 29, 2018 The lousiness of laziness and liars I hate lazy people (and stupid ones, but that’s a blog for another time). I can understand being sick. Last year, I showed up…
May 25, 2018 Follow-Up Friday, plus David Hogg defeats Publix First, I want to thank you for all your reading. This is my 99th blog and so far there have been more than 14,100…
May 17, 2018 Forget Laurel and Yanny. Did Cecily call Adam a moron? I don’t know about you but yesterday, I couldn’t stop “hearing” about what the people who listened to a certain audio file heard. Most…
May 8, 2018 Paying for news, one candidate’s free airtime and asking for your comments I hope you’ve had a terrific Tuesday! I have a few thoughts (just a few) I figured I’d get out today. This morning, Axios…
April 17, 2018 Comey comes alive with tough talk against Trump I didn’t know much about James Comey until about two years ago. Since then, I thought pretty highly of the guy and that really…
April 10, 2018 Salaries, senators and a spat between a Fox News host and the A.P. I’m actually going to start optimistically and thank you for reading. The blog is getting very close and may have 12,000 hits after this…
March 30, 2018 Tiffany Trump’s trouble, what unions could do to Amazon and the media It’s nice when Americans exercise their First Amendment rights (freedom of religion, speech, the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
March 20, 2018 Be nicer to Mike Jerrick, and other thoughts on what’s making news People who know me can never, ever say I’m not loyal to people I like and respect. You’ll see that in a moment, along…
February 15, 2018 Killing kids and desecrating the name of Marjory Stoneman Douglas I didn’t plan on writing two blogs in two days completely from scratch, but the news calls for it. Yesterday, around this time, I…
February 14, 2018 Your JOB is to read well past the headline OK, I may be a day late (and I’m definitely a dollar short, these days), but I read three articles on jobs, yesterday morning…