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 12, 2018 Exposing hate, close to home (as if acceptable anywhere) My interest started when I was looking at my Facebook feed over the weekend and saw this post from a former coworker. Obviously, we’re…
November 4, 2018 Difficult week, from anger to sadness, as election approaches I don’t remember a seven-day period like the time since last Saturday. That’s when I woke up, turned on the TV, and saw what…
October 16, 2018 Political pondering, 3 weeks before Election Day The “game” of politics is no fun anymore. Discussing anything having to do with it used to be educating and entertaining, and sometimes enlightening,…
August 29, 2018 Ron DeSantis didn’t learn from Roseanne Barr There are just 69 days until the midterm elections (for those of you who really explored all around this all-around great blog to see…
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 26, 2018 Facebook: Friend or foe? Keep or delete? If you were reading the Sunday paper, you may have come across this full-page ad from Facebook with a letter signed by Mark Zuckerberg….
March 13, 2018 Fox News: Really ‘Real News. Real Honest Opinion’? They haven’t been “Fair and Balanced” in a while but stating Monday, Fox News will be marketing itself as “Real News. Real Honest Opinion.”…
January 18, 2018 Sad stereotypes too strong to silence (for now) Last night, I did something I rarely do: open a Facebook post to the public, rather than just friends. Today, I’m blogging about the…
November 29, 2017 Hey, you accused! Would Mom say, wait until your father gets home? Today, it was Matt Lauer. Some of you want the newest, shocking details. The Miami Herald called the accusations against him “crude misconduct.” Less…
November 9, 2017 What is conscience? Elusive in the media, unfortunately It seems every day in the news, I read about another powerful man resigning, taking time off from a high-profile job, or under police…
February 3, 2017 The media: Certainly imperfect, definitely necessary and trying This is my first blog in several months, and only my second since arriving back in Philadelphia. The first was shortly after my return, so…
March 22, 2015 ETSU & cutting someone some slack I think I’ve said it here before, but I love sitting at my desk and going through wire copy. It’s not that I didn’t keep up…
February 25, 2015 Speaking without thinking It may take three to make a series of events, but I’m sure the third of this will come sooner rather than later. I’m…
February 10, 2015 The news about Brian Williams, according to me Breaking news! Literally! Sound the alarm! Roll the animation! Shine the blue lights! Right now, as I’m writing this planned blog post, NBC News…
