On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I became one of only a handful of the 150-plus professors at my university who did not cancel their morning classes. I did not for […]
For sale: $3 billion worth of political bullshit
This is your only warning. Turn off your TV set, or your will to live — or vote — may be decimated. The Television Bureau of Advertising forecasts that the politicians who […]
Ad revenues at newspapers: More bad news
Conditions at American newspapers are going to worsen, and there’s a billion reasons why. Because of incompetent or inept or unimaginative top management scared silly by Wall Street profit expectations, you can […]
Who will provide answers to the most basic of questions?
As an inquisitive person trying to survive life relatively unscathed and to leave the world at least a little better off for my presence, I need answers to two fundamental questions: How […]
When giants walked the earth…the end of “the age of rock stars…” a personal view…
I think maybe this starts at a Who concert in 1976: I went to the concert with two musician friends of mine and some women who, for reasons obvious to me at […]
Scroguely Works: Five Moral Pieces
Five Moral Pieces by Umberto Eco, first published 2001, 128 pages, ISBN 978-0156013253 “The modern world looks at war through eyes different from those with which it looked at the problem early […]
News that matters, and other stuff
x-post: JAZZ from HELL
The inaugural Scholars and Rogues Interview (and our newest Scrogue): Graham Parker
The mid-1970s were a wonderful time for music lovers. For starters, exciting and innovative new music was popping up all over the place. And when it did, it actually got played on […]
Hate the press? You’re probably a Republican Fox News viewer
The headline in Editor & Publisher screams in tabloid style: “Poll: U.S. Public Sees Media as Biased, Inaccurate and Uncaring.” But that’s not the real news to be found in the latest […]
Is the Sirius-XM merger really good for radio fans?
By Martin Bosworth Sirius Satellite Radio posted smaller losses and lower subscriber costs to Wall Street this week, which is about as good as a business that loses millions a year can […]
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