It has been tested throughout its history and been found wanting from time to time, yet it has survived. Born…
Media & Journalism
The NY Times Investigates Itself, Finds Self Innocent
The Times published a bodice-ripping account of its performance during the Trump administration and settled for a number of self-effacing…
Language Matters—Now as Never Before
You have to be pretty old to remember “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never…
Falsehood Flies, and Truth Comes Limping After It
Jonathon Swift wrote that in 1720, so it’s easy to see that today’s worries have a long and honored past…
The Age of Lost Legitimacy
What is legitimate (in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles) in this world as we move forward? Along…
Men Are Over: It’s Time to Send Them Off to the Kitchen or Out to Rake Leaves
Harvey Weinstein presided over The End of Manhood and the world is a better place for it, at…
Burning Witches Once Again with #meetoo
I’ve been silent on the Weinstein aftermath for a while because I needed to soak in the circumstances over a…
Ever since This Anti-Muslim Thing Broke Out . . .
. . . I’ve Been Wondering When the Islamic Community Base Would Respond. And now a network of religious leaders…
America in Decline? What are you, kidding?
Like so many other subjective discussions, deciding whether the most powerful nation on the planet is in decline is bound…
Brian Williams and the days when America had Better Sense
Brian Williams’ suspension as the NBC Nightly News anchor, for allegedly misrepresenting his experiences in a war zone in Iraq,…