What If The Expected Actually Happens?
In which I argue for the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the expected…actually happens and maybe even smoothly at that.
Category: Media
A Tale of Two Resignation Letters
I’ve rubbed elbows with enough board members, who tend to skew old, rich, and patronizing the hired help, to take Kelli Morgan’s account at face value
The Misguidance Of Clark Kent
The following story is meant to be humorous, and is not intended to represent men of steel or any other alloy for that matter.
There Are No Better People
Superheroes aren’t real. All we have is people, and trading one group for another is not and never will be a cure for systemic flaws
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Orphans of Failure Edition
“Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.” So for Harsh Your Mellow Monday let us talk about some of those orphans of failure.
How Tan Was My MRAP
With police accountability very much in question, the easy and flippant lip service of “at no cost” and “find a way to use it” are grossly irresponsible
Aunt Jemima: 1889-2020
Pancake and syrup packaging will be getting a revision after 130 years, as the famous Aunt Jemima brand name and imagery is being permanently removed.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: No Good Answers Edition
A shooting in Atlanta shows a reckoning is a hard to acquire, lessons in governing from Seattle summer camp, and the primary heats up…for 2024
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
I don’t care if you’re conservative, liberal, or otherwise, a media blackout on critically important news is concerning. Deeply concerning.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Mission Creep and Opposite the Editors Edition
The dangers of mission creep in push for police reform, who watches the opinion section watchers of the New York Times, and stats that aren’t helpful.
On Pound-Foolish Creativity
There’s a lot of penny-wise, pound-foolish creativity in the world–I’m here to tell you making real investments in your creativity can make all the difference.
Sinclair Broadcasting to Pay Record $48M civil penalty to FCC
The FCC announced Sinclair Broadcasting has agreed to pay the largest civil penalty ever leveled by the agency, stemming from misconduct by the local-TV giant in 2018’s failed attempt to acquire Tribune Media.
Call Us, Maybe? Ordinary Times, By Any and All Labels Necessary
There are folks paid to write, and readers paying to read, much less than what Ordinary Times has produced daily for over a decade now.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Commencements, Conniptions, and Crazy People
College graduates that did it live online, VP pick silly season, and Very Online v the normies in this latest edition of Harsh Your Mellow Monday
Trump Digression Index: The Trump Corollary to Godwin’s Law
The diversion of seemingly every discussion, TV show, and internet forum toward Trump can now be measured. Call it the Trump Digression Index.
The Well Made Bed, Ready for Lying
How you feel about this current fourth season of the ongoing #1 rated reality show in America “President Trump vs The Media” will color how you feel about such things.
Tiger King: America’s Newest Obsession
Never before have I watched a documentary where several of the interview subjects say things that are potentially incriminating. It is like a prosecutor’s wet dream.
In Case You Missed It, It Isn’t 2009: Pandemics Then and Now
The biggest difference between the current coronavirus and comparisons to H1N1 in 2009 isn’t who is president, or the media. It’s us.
What’s Six Orders of Magnitude Between Friends
At some point, the media is going to have to learn how to properly use social media
Entertainment, Humanity, and the Death of Kobe Bryant
Do we care more about some celebrity’s death than the thousands of other deaths? No. Not really. It just serves as a reminder of how connected we really are.
