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Mass Murderers Should Be Deprived of Fame Oct. 12, 2017
On Oct. 1, a 64-year-old Nevada man opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers from a high-rise hotel in... Read More
Devastating News and Constant Rebellion Oct. 07, 2017
Dear Family Coach: My kids are exposed to what seems to be an endless stream of devastating news. Na... Read More
All Rise, or Not, for the United States of Football Sep. 13, 2017
Once again, we've got a lot going on in my hometown of Cleveland that's attracting national attentio... Read More
News or Newsy Covfefe Jun. 01, 2017
Early this Wednesday morning, shortly after midnight the night before, President Donald Trump tweete... Read More
Fox's Sex Appeal Problem Apr. 21, 2017
Bill O'Reilly's downfall has led to plenty of schadenfreude in the media, but I'm not sure the right... Read More
Media Bias 101 Apr. 07, 2017
After the November election last year, a friend of mine asked how many reporters know people with a ... Read More
Coat and Tie Required Mar. 27, 2017
I'm a newspaper columnist. I write this column, but I'm also the columnist for The Herald News, a mi... Read More
Is It Watergate Yet? Feb. 24, 2017
As Donald Trump and his subordinates lash out wildly in their campaign to suppress discussion of his... Read More
Long Before Trump, News Media Wallowed in Alternative Facts Feb. 17, 2017
Most of the news media is at war with Donald Trump, and rightly so. First, journalists should always... Read More
As the Briefing Room Turns Jan. 20, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team had been flirting with moving the daily White House p... Read More
Can Speculation Be Defined as News? Jan. 04, 2017
At the dawn of 2017, let us offer a philosophical question for the news media. If the scourge of the... Read More
The Islamic Terrorists Wage Real War on Christmas Dec. 23, 2016
2016 hasn't been a hot year for discussions of a rhetorical war on Christmas in our malls or public ... Read More
Disrupting the News Dec. 15, 2016
Susan Glasser published a powerful piece for the Brookings Institution last week. Titled, "Covering ... Read More
Memo to the President-Elect Nov. 23, 2016
Dear Mr. President-elect, Everyone else is giving you advice, so why can't we? (Then again, the last... Read More
Goodbye, Facebook. You're Evil Nov. 17, 2016
Dear Facebook friends, If you don't see me gushing over the pix of your Thanksgiving pies, take no o... Read More
Unsupervised Parties and Watching the News Oct. 22, 2016
Dear Family Coach: I know my son occasionally attends unsupervised parties, where some teens are dri... Read More
The Media-Clinton Collusion Exposed Oct. 14, 2016
We once scoffed at the suggestion there was some form of a liberal media conspiracy against conserva... Read More
New Yorkers Walk Past Political Bluster Over Bombing Sep. 20, 2016
The explosives going off in the dumpster in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea was not a major te... Read More
At Fox News, Sexism Is Business Jul. 14, 2016
What to make of Gretchen Carlson's suit against Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes alleging sexual harass... Read More
Trump's Epic Meltdown Jun. 02, 2016
Donald Trump: crazy or evil? That's the question that has loomed over his presidential candidacy fro... Read More
