September 15, 2023 Birmingham church hosts 60th anniversary commemoration of deadly 1963 bombing Friday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous attacks during the Civil Rights Movement: the deadly bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
January 5, 2023 Congressional deadlock: 3 days, 11 votes, and still no Speaker of the House Congress may have gone back in session on Tuesday but there’s nothing going on in the House of Representatives except nominating, discussing, voting, and repeating.
December 30, 2022 Trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters, 1st female network anchor, has died Trailblazing television news broadcaster Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93 Friday, according to ABC News, her home of more than 40 years.
February 24, 2022 Gov. DeSantis trumps Donald Trump in new GOP Florida poll There could be a new leader of the Republican Party, at least in Florida. A new poll has Gov. Ron DeSantis beating former president Donald Trump.
January 12, 2022 Trump calls politicians who hide booster status ‘gutless’ in interview Former President Donald Trump had a harsh word for politicians who wonāt say whether they got their COVID-19 vaccine booster shots: āgutless.ā
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,…
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…
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…
February 9, 2020 Your local reporter may be phoning it in Have you seen Katie from Kansas on your local CBS TV station’s website? You probably shouldn’t. This post started when I was looking for…
January 3, 2020 Far worse crimes than a few Mummers in blackface, which was handled I’ve known Philadelphia’s City Council president, who also represents my district, is out of his mind and his response to the *few* Mummers in…
December 23, 2019 The bad and the good at work (media edition) We all have good days and bad days, but both of these quotes refer to the bigger picture at different times in different people’s…
November 28, 2019 To Thanksgiving, and the best TV episode ever dedicated to it This year, I reposted a Facebook memory from all the way back in 2018. It contrasts my good feelings about the holiday growing up…
October 28, 2019 “Your rights in Philadelphia as it pertains to anti-discrimination in your employment are solid” Really? There’s something about catching up on a newspaper or magazine when you’ve fallen behind in your reading. This past weekend, I read both…
August 9, 2019 The war on guns, from Philadelphia to the feds It’s almost a week since gunmen killed 31 people in mass shootings, 13 hours apart, and nothing concrete has been done to reduce the…
July 20, 2019 Nothing against my friends at CBS, but… AT&T ā which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse ā released a statement saying it “offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase and…
May 29, 2019 Would you want Mueller’s words about Trump said about you? Wednesday, special counsel Robert Mueller spoke out for the first time, saying he was resigning and closing down the special counsel’s office. His investigation,…
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 22, 2019 Martin Luther King Day, a victim of the (official) Women’s March First off, yes, I may be a day late, but this is definitely not a dollar short! I wanted to make sure this post…
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…
November 28, 2018 Level-headed moderation needed now in The Birthplace of America Philadelphia is a great place to live. It has so much, so close-by: history, museums, sports. It’s walkable, livable, has green space. No, it…
November 21, 2018 The end of an era, and beginning of this one (Part A of this one) It was 20 years ago tonight. Not exactly. It was actually four days off, on Nov. 25, but what really matters is it was…
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 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 20, 2018 Thinking about teacher’s child porn trouble and my old school’s website Today, I found out some news about someone who went to school with me, pretty much since kindergarten. In fact, I think he lived…
