March 29, 2018 Who Trump hates more, Facebook or Amazon? Oh, and Stormy Daniels’ motion to make him speak! OK. Let’s get this right. Lawmakers and many Americans are angry about Facebook and how it handled 50 million users’ people’s data, but President Trump really hates Amazon.
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 23, 2018 The Weather Channel’s new owner, a real controversial person There are two big changes in weather: The snow has stopped and The Weather Channel is being sold. Also, you can say the owner is…
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 23, 2018 Parkland now, but North Miami Beach proud! Did I just write that headline? There’s lots on my mind (too often, and that’s between me and my medical professional, and I’ll get…
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…
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…
January 15, 2018 More details on Israel after the gay paper I got up extremely early this morning to take Pedro to work, since he didn’t get the holiday off. Soon after getting home, I…
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 21, 2017 Lessons on addressing, our government’s gift to you! On Facebook? You’re probably signed up for a lesson on mailing a letter, paid for by the U.S. government, like the one above.I was…
September 5, 2017 No more newscasts, but what a swan song! I’ve mentioned the sad state of the U.S. broadcasting industry these days, with big companies eating up smaller ones like never before. There are…
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…
November 15, 2015 Past time to stop terror once and for all, not necessarily for the French I love being back in news. Sure, the hours are long, especially when you don’t have a boss. (My new one starts Nov. 30)….
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…