Every time I start to feel a bit of optimism about the future, the reality hammer drops on my head. Today, we learned that restaurants in southern Maine will not be able to re-open as originally scheduled because of ongoing concerns about the Cov-19 epidemic. The social media reaction to this news has been swift … Continue reading Outrageous Fortune
Month: May 2020
The war of the words
I am 56 years-old. I am a white man. I live in the suburbs. I have two healthy sons and an amazing wife. I have nothing to complain about. But still I have a knack for finding political fights on social media platforms. I used to be a journalist, and then a columnist. I put … Continue reading The war of the words
A sheep speaks out
I wear a mask when I go to the grocery store or any other place where large numbers of people congregate. I am not a sheep. I am not afraid of Covid-19. I do not wear a mask to keep myself safe. I wear a mask because it may lower the odds (if only a … Continue reading A sheep speaks out
Pandemic sheds light on media bias
As we continue coping with the Covid-19 pandemic, it is now more important than ever for the media to take extra steps to ensure that their news stories are fact-based, without hype, without speculation and a minimum of bias. Wait. Did I just say “a minimum of bias?” Conservative news consumers on the right of … Continue reading Pandemic sheds light on media bias
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