We’re just driven toward comfort food. I ate a glazed donut today I knew I shouldn’t eat. That’s because I’m 20 pounds over what I think I ought to weigh. Although a […]
So that’s why we’re so fat …
Textbook dog
This post is going to lick you to death… Here, take a minute to look at these photographs of a textbook case of dog. Her name is Allie Anne and she belongs […]
Remove words? Control discourse? That’s power.
Those who can control language have power over those who cannot. That has been the most corrosive power exercised by President Donald’s administration. This is especially true in matters relating to science. […]
In sports, the national anthem is irrelevant
By Ryan Signorino Every four years, the world’s best athletes come together for the Olympics. The best of the best stand on the podium, their countries’ flags waving over their heads, with […]
Ethics rules matter little to an authoritarian White House …
A code of ethics defines behaviors. Many professions have such codes. For physicians, for example, the code of medical ethics of the American Medical Association prescribes how they should interact with patients. […]
Freedom of the press means little if audiences are trapped in bubbles
A free press won’t amount to squat as long as it has audiences who hear only what they want to hear, read only what their Facebook-sculpted algorithms tell them to read, and […]
Anniversary journalism? Well, mostly it just sucks.
In early April 1970, I walked into the newsroom of my hometown newspaper and asked the editor if he knew anyone at the state department of natural resources. I’d just received my […]
If Congress decides to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure, keep tabs on who gets it
The grades are in. The nation’s infrastructure is close to failing. The 2017 report card of the American Society of Civil Engineers, posted today, gives the infrastructure on which America depends for […]
Trey Gowdy has something to say to Trump
I hope he says it soon.
Few rules, fewer regulators — President Donald’s shrink-the-government plan
In the absence of rules and sheriffs, bandits will multiply. The end game of the heavily mediated engine driving American political strife boils down to these questions: What is the appropriate size […]
