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…
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 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 23, 2018 Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, justice and becoming a Justice President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be giving the Senate Judiciary Committee calendars from 1982 to back up his continued denial of…
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…
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…
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…
July 15, 2018 You may be right but don’t let some on the left know (and vice versa)! I tend to stay away from politics that I really, really care about — simply due to my background as a journalist and the…
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 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…
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 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.,…
April 10, 2018 Distorting history, stirring up stereotypes It’s not easy being a moderate. That’s definitely what I consider myself and it seems to make people on both sides angry. Either that,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
