The Business Of Lies
I’ve had several people ask me what I think of the decision last week by Facebook and YouTube to ban content from Alex Jones after Apple acted first to remove his Infowars podcasts from the iTunes store. The answer goes a little deeper than that. In each case,...
Three Random Thoughts
The 2018 NFL pre-season is underway, complete with the new rule banning runners and receivers from putting their heads down, which will supposedly cut down on the number of concussions and similar head injuries. But that hasn’t stopped the players from...
Movie Review: “BlacKkKlansman”
“BlacKkKlansman” is the most powerful movie of the year. It’s based on a book by Ron Stallworth who, in the 1970s, became the first African-American hired by the Colorado Springs police department. One day, he sees an ad in the paper for the Ku Klux...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
“Watching this show is like observing someone commit a crime, sentence themselves to community service, then try to get credit for their commitment to good works as if they never did anything wrong in the first place.”That’s a line from Jen...
Game Show Memories
The other night, my wife and daughter and I browsed through YouTube for episodes of old TV game shows. We saw “Concentration” from 1958 with Hugh Downs as host, and a later 1970s version with Alex Trebek in a polo shirt, not a suit. Next I tracked down a...