Have you ever noticed just how quickly “big news stories” can disappear from the front pages of newspapers or from television or other news sources? For weeks after Tyler Clementi jumped from the George Washington Bridge, the media was all over the case. Gay bullying came to the fore once again. It had been nearly [...]
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Which is it?
Posted in Crime, Media, Opinions on April 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
According to all of the statistics I have seen, violence in America is in decline. Unfortunately, every news story I see on television is about violent behavior. This raises a couple of possibilities: (1) The statisticians are lying to us and violence is actually keeping a level pace or increasing; or (2) The media are [...]
Violence is here to stay
Posted in Human behavior, International Relations, Media, Opinions, Violence on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Violence is endemic to our culture. Survival of the fittest, whether we like it or not, is what we have grown up with and what will be with us forever. If you recall The Time Machine, the original with Rod Taylor, you saw that, even in a supposedly peaceful culture, there was still a violent [...]
What is a news story?
Posted in Death, Demonstrations, Media, News, Opinions on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You know what I haven’t heard much about lately…the “left-wing media.” Newt certainly hasn’t been talking about it and he was one of the most vocal critics. Santorum, Romney, and Paul don’t care; they’re getting their coverage; it’s not all good, but the coverage is there. I guess that radical left-wing media group must have [...]
To mute or not to mute…
Posted in Kindle, Media, Opinions, Television on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Who among you will have the courage to take issue with me when I say that the greatest invention of the 20th Century is…wait for it…the mute button on the television remote? That one tiny grey (I painted mine red to speed things up) can shut out the world of hard sell car dealers, furniture [...]
To the plodders
Posted in Human behavior, Life, Media, Opinions, People, Philosophy, Volunteerism on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you read the newspapers or watch television, you might just get the impression that the world is full of really good people or really bad people. There are people we admire and say, “Wow, isn’t he or she fantastic.” There are people we feel sadly for and say something like, “Oh, isn’t that too [...]
Those damned “briefings”
Posted in Honor, Human behavior, Integrity, Media, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Personal, President Obama, Volunteerism on November 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Republican candidates for President all have one thing in common…they don’t have a clue regarding the overall job of President of the United States. The very same thing can be said about Barack Obama. All of these folks…Cain, Romney, Perry, Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, etc…don’t understand that should they assume the office, the second thing [...]
Name a documentary that you think everyone should see.
Posted in America, Human behavior, Integrity, Law & Justice, Media, My Beloved Country, Opinions, People, Politics, War on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s another case where I didn’t choose the title. It’s one of those that WordPress – God Bless their little souls – tosses out as something to be considered. It just so happens that I recently had the opportunity to view the Frontline documentary, “Top Secret America.” It’s a program that is worth the viewing [...]
Make up your mind!
Posted in Accountability, Crime, Law & Justice, Media, Opinions, Politics, Stupidity on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, in Massachusetts, the Governor who had been accused of being soft on crime was criticized for being too tough on crime. If this isn’t a situation of being “damned if you do; damned if you don’t,” then I’m not certain what is. This past year, a convicted felon who was sentenced to three life [...]
Parochialism at home
Posted in Media, News, Opinions, Television on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“If it happens west of the Mississippi,” you don’t hear about it. The speaker was Juli, my partner, and she is absolutely correct. Boston newscasters and even those who purport to be reporting on news of a wider sort rarely discuss news making events in other parts of our own country. Oh, sure, we see [...]
