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A Look Back at the Words of 2018 Dec. 12, 2018
My goodness, what a year we had, With mayhem, storms, and fires so bad. Our language seemed to fall ... Read More
An Ethics Lesson for USA Today's 'Queer' Bullies Dec. 12, 2018
This week, I did something that USA Today's executive leadership apparently hadn't done lately: I re... Read More
The Placed and the Placeless Dec. 11, 2018
YOUNGSTOWN — There is a house I see every so often in my travels. It is perched where the alab... Read More
Hollywood Seeks Revenge for Gary Hart Nov. 30, 2018
Hollywood's a bit inconsistent when the topic is the press. It was a righteous guardian of the truth... Read More
Truth and Its Enemies: Making Acosta a Federal Case Nov. 16, 2018
Question: What does CNN's Jim Acosta crave more than anything? If you said "attention," go to the he... Read More
Problems Abound for Both Sides Nov. 16, 2018
Both political parties in Washington can look at last week's election results and find encouragement... Read More
By Law, the President Should Have to Give Daily Press Conferences Nov. 16, 2018
News conferences are a double oxymoron. Pressers aren't conferences; conferences involve back-and-fo... Read More
Happy Warrior Nov. 15, 2018
The midterms are over, and speculation about the 2020 presidential race has already started. Preside... Read More
Americans Don't Appreciate Their Freedom Nov. 15, 2018
Here's a shock: Almost half of Americans cannot name a single right protected by the First Amendment... Read More
Where Do We Go When Journalism Fails Us? Nov. 09, 2018
This election should remind us how vital and necessary local journalism is to factual reporting. Nat... Read More
40 Percent of Election Polls Were Wrong Nov. 09, 2018
The polling in the 2018 election was terrible. In the hotly contested Senate and governor races that... Read More
Fake News Threatens Our National Health and Wealth Oct. 31, 2018
President Donald Trump was right to tweet out: "There is great anger in our Country caused in part b... Read More
Subject and Verb Beg to Disagree Oct. 31, 2018
Q: The lead sentence in a newspaper story stated, "A string of recent announcements promising jobs a... Read More
Saudi Arabia, Supposed Bulwark Against Extremism, Embraces Murderous Thuggery Oct. 24, 2018
The Saudi government's response to the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi would be ... Read More
Language Pitches Some Learning Curves Oct. 24, 2018
Some random dispatches from the Word Front: — Listen and Learn. The recent confirmation hearin... Read More
Falling for a Saudi Prince's Charming Spell Oct. 17, 2018
WASHINGTON — The grand romance with the crown prince is over, with blood spilled at the Saudi ... Read More
Short Takes on Squirrels, Coaches, Bullies and (Prison) Bars Oct. 15, 2018
Support Squirrels Are a Nutty Idea Reports of weird exotic support animals on passenger flights get ... Read More
We Need Facts On Cuba Sep. 17, 2018
Last week, The New York Times jolted Washington's political class with an opinion article by an anon... Read More
All the Anonymous BS That's Fit to Print: Self-Serving Newspapers Ditch Their Own Ethics Rules Sep. 14, 2018
The most disturbing aspect of The New York Times op-ed by an anonymous "senior official in the Trump... Read More
Are We Still Pretending Donald Trump Isn't Lying? Sep. 13, 2018
On the day after his inauguration, Donald Trump gave a speech at CIA headquarters. He lied about the... Read More
