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The Oracle Speaks Jul. 24, 2024
Playing the billionaires' news game, mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a portfolio of 31 dailie... Read More
The Monopoly-Go-Round Oct. 19, 2022
A July appeal on the front page of my local newspaper, The Austin American-Statesman, shamelessly sc... Read More
Our Free Press Is on Fire, and No One Can Spare the Water Oct. 14, 2022
Gannett, publisher of USA Today and more than 200 newspapers including the one I work for, just anno... Read More
My Newspaper Died Sep. 28, 2022
My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears, but even when it's delivered it has no life, ... Read More
Wanted: Continuity Editors Sep. 16, 2022
The world needs more continuity editors. Filmmakers hire them to check for plot holes. Like, in "For... Read More
I Saw My Entire Life Flash Before My Eyes, Part II Jun. 18, 2022
My time-travel adventure at the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room of the Library of Cong... Read More
Habitat Destruction Feb. 02, 2022
As in the natural world, even the most beneficial creatures can be driven to extinction. And —... Read More
The Washington Post's Insane Canonization of Editor Fred Hiatt (Who?) Dec. 17, 2021
As if we needed reminding that Americans don't trust the news media, a recent report by the Reuters ... Read More
Democracy Dies in News Deserts Nov. 16, 2021
Claiming territory like a conquering army, a vast desert is on the march. It swallows small towns, s... Read More
Democracy Dies in News Deserts Nov. 16, 2021
Claiming territory like a conquering army, a vast desert is on the march. It swallows small towns, s... Read More
Let's Puncture Archaic Punctuation! Sep. 01, 2021
Q: I'm all for eliminating spaces and hyphens! No more "cell phones!" It should be "cellphones." No ... Read More
You Know You Have a Business on Ebay When ... Aug. 03, 2021
It's the most commonly asked legal question on eBay's discussion boards for sellers, "I've been sell... Read More
The Oracle Speaks Jul. 28, 2021
Playing the billionaires' news game, mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a portfolio of 31 dailie... Read More
Things I Never Told Sheldon Adelson Jan. 16, 2021
WASHINGTON — The knives were out for me in January 2017 when I arrived in Washington as the Wh... Read More
The New Censors Jun. 24, 2020
Do you say what you think? That's risky! You may get fired! You've probably heard about a New York T... Read More
In Defense of Joe May. 07, 2020
Washington — Where did Sleepy Joe go wrong? Remember what a champion of women, or at least of ... Read More
The Media Should Not Ignore Biden's Accuser May. 04, 2020
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh taught the world no sexual assau... Read More
The Legacy Media's Failing Biden Cover-Up May. 01, 2020
We live in a time when many people are so partisan that their views are easy to predict based solely... Read More
A Free Society Cannot Function Without a Vibrant Professional Press Feb. 14, 2020
A free society cannot function without vibrant professional newspapers. In light of that truism, the... Read More
Short Takes on Badly Named Streets and Badly Informed Federal Staffers Nov. 04, 2019
Naming Rights The last thing the St. Louis region needs is to continue offering accolades to a team ... Read More
