October 25, 2022 Dad sues Palm Beach Co. schools, says teacher ‘put up 2 gay pride’ flags, ‘proselytized’ A father in Palm Beach County is suing the school district — along with his 12-year-old son’s school, the principal, and teacher — but not exactly under a controversial new Florida law.
May 4, 2022 Friend-with-benefits facing several charges of violence against woman, her brother They seemed to have a good thing going, so what went terribly wrong that their relationship got written up in an arrest report?
November 5, 2020 Hey Trump! Call it quits or history will judge you even more harshly Two days have passed since the election for President of the United States, about a third of the 100 Senators and all 435 members…
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…
December 27, 2019 Have you noticed Comcast’s Christmas gift to itself? It’s that time of year again. No. I take that back. A few weeks ago, it was that time of year again. Regular and…
July 20, 2019 Nothing against my friends at CBS, but… AT&T — which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse — released a statement saying it “offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase and…
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,…
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…
In January, I started freelancing for the weekly newspaper Philadelphia Gay News, or PGN as it’s known around here. Yes, regular readers know 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 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 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 30, 2018 Allegiant Airlines: Worst flight of my life I didn’t plan to be writing this blog right now. I should’ve already landed in Allentown, gotten in my car, and been on my…
July 13, 2018 The FCC’s war on American children, adults The Federal Communications Commission has a very important mission, but it’s not being fulfilled.In fact, the opposite has been happening over the past few…
June 28, 2018 Ready to ‘X out’ Comcast Xfinity from my life I DECIDED TO STAY WITH COMCAST. Yes, you read correctly. I made the decision yesterday after coming “thisclose” to switching to Verizon. This is…
Fox 29 was one of the two places I should’ve seen red flags, rather than accepting the job, but I still respect several people…
May 23, 2018 The Big Bang Theory’s wedding episode succeeded where Publix failed Most of us strive for perfection. Some of us do it too hard, and it can affect our well-being. On the other hand, there…
May 13, 2018 In defense: The good Facebook can do when used by the right people First, happy Mother’s Day to everyone to whom that applies. I hope you’re having a great day! Second, today is also the celebration of…
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 25, 2018 Who says everything I write is negative (but correct)? This is my 90th blog post and like most journalists, I identify mistakes all over and somehow — often through publicity — try to…
April 19, 2018 Sanctuary cities judges show they know justice, not politics I’m not writing to take an opinion on the issues of sanctuary cities or illegal immigration, but have to say I’m pleased a gang…
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 11, 2018 Syria, Gaza and the FCC chair babying broadcasters Industry leaders have been meeting in Las Vegas for the National Association of Broadcasters Show and Adam Symson, president-CEO of the E.W. Scripps Co.,…