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,…
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…
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…
June 27, 2018 The necessity of public unions, now no chance for compromise NOTE: Shortly before publishing, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he’ll retire effective July 31. According to Axios, that’ll give President Donald Trump “a…
May 25, 2018 Follow-Up Friday, plus David Hogg defeats Publix First, I want to thank you for all your reading. This is my 99th blog and so far there have been more than 14,100…
May 18, 2018 It happened again, and again There’s never a good time to write a story like this. We know there has been a school shooting in Texas, apparently between Houston…
May 2, 2018 In defense of Emma GonzĆ”lez, not that she needs it but deserves it I have a lot more on Marjory Stoneman Douglas hero Emma GonzĆ”lez, not a hero for surviving but for her activism after. She has…
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…
March 30, 2018 Tiffany Trump’s trouble, what unions could do to Amazon and the media It’s nice when Americans exercise their First Amendment rights (freedom ofĆ religion, speech, the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
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 didnāt plan on writing two blogs in two days completely from scratch, but the news calls for it. Yesterday, around this time, I…
