by | May 17, 2025

We’re told this is a good thing. A modern thing. A necessary thing. “Meeting people where they are,” they say. And where are people? On X. On Instagram. On TikTok. Online. But this isn’t a celebrity we’re discussing. This isn’t…

by | Sep 13, 2020

Washington When young adults starting a career in journalism or public service ask me if they should set up a Twitter account and join the fray, they all get the same answer. Don’t do it. Create an account so you…

by | Jul 9, 2020

Facebook is currently the target of a gargantuan advertiser boycott. With close to $1 billion in advertising revenue off the table and around 1,000 participating businesses, including some of the largest firms in the world, the ad revolt would be…

by | Jun 26, 2020

Many conservatives have begun to #twexit, or “Twitter exit,” to the Parler app, a social media platform devoted to “non-biased free speech.” Founded in 2018, Parler is a social media app that resembles Twitter, allowing users to comment, echo, and…

by | Jun 11, 2020

The intense hatred Democrats feel toward Donald Trump puzzles conservatives. What about him is so hate-worthy? Why such unrelenting intensity? Trump haters possess a certain talent: an ability to read Donald Trump’s mind. What they see is not pretty. They…

by | May 29, 2020

Who knew film producer Michael Moore and President Donald Trump would find common ground on a major matter of public policy? True, the gentlemen have more in common than either would care to admit. Both are big white guys of…

by | Mar 3, 2020

Coronavirus recalls scares over SARS and bird flu. More so does its response evoke the Animal House parade scene, Caddyshack pool scene, and Jaws beach scene meshed with War of the Worlds and The Birds. Though coronavirus does not rise…

by | Feb 14, 2020

You’ve probably never heard of this guy, but he deserves to be famous. Or perhaps, as was El Guapo, “in-famous.” 1. Democrat John Rogers of Birmingham, Alabama, is the dumbest state legislator in America This, admittedly, is perhaps an inherited…

by | Nov 15, 2019

Artists have the right to block “haters” on social media, but politicians do not. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is learning this the hard way. One week ago, she settled a lawsuit that compelled her to unblock former New York State Assemblyman…

by | Oct 6, 2019

Washington There is a price to pay when a U.S. president communicates mostly through tweets, off-the-cuff responses to shouted questions, and the rare press conference given in concert with a foreign leader. And that price is decreased credibility. It’s odd…

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