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Mass Media Malpractice
It's not always what they say, or don't. It's how they say it.
May 16
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Cognitive Decline Dissonance
On the asymmetry of media coverage and public outrage
May 16
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Guardrails
They're just words on a piece of paper.
May 13
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The Third Commandment
You might not think there’s room for a lot of interpretation and discussion. You’d be wrong.
May 12
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April 2025
Department of Bad Arguments (and Even Worse Baseball Analogies)
It’s not about “progressive values”: Democrats, PLEASE stop saying that. The only values at issue here are democracy, or not; fairness, or not; a…
Apr 9
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Department of Bad Arguments (and Even Worse Baseball Analogies)
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June 2024
Unconventional Wisdom
A common complaint of the last eight years has been that the media establishment -- not to mention the Democratic Party -- continue to normalize the…
Jun 29, 2024
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Wigging Out
Like so many people this evening, I find myself trying not to panic after the debate on CNN.
Jun 28, 2024
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April 2024
Cheap Talk About "Justice" and "Peace"
A friend asked me today for my thoughts about the “unrest” (my word) on the Columbia campus: the pro-Palestinian protests, the University calling out…
Apr 25, 2024
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Cheap Talk About "Justice" and "Peace"
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Pesah, 2024
There was an extra guest at this year’s seder: the elephant in the room was not Elijah (who came and went, unseen, as always) but rather Benjamin…
Apr 25, 2024
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August 2022
Judicial Temperament
It will come as no surprise to those who know me, and those few who follow this blog, that the shameful, shameless decision of the United States Supreme…
Aug 30, 2022
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May 2022
Supreme Distort
I hope to have more to say about this soon: as soon as the rage stops boiling (and when will that be?).
May 7, 2022
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Blasphemy
A link showed up in my email this morning: There’s No Hate Like Christian Love. Provocative, I thought, but damned if it isn’t bang-on, and something…
May 7, 2022
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