All posts by Chuck Fager

CNN: In Trouble

CNN is facing unsettling news in uncertain times Pointer Institute, Tom Jones. Oct. 27. 2022 (AP Photo/Ron Harris) Looks like major changes are coming to CNN. And not in a good way. Chris Licht, chairman of CNN, sent a memo to staff Wednesday, writing that a “noticeable change” is on the way. The memo came … Continue reading CNN: In Trouble

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Midweek Book Review

From the Washington Post – Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ may be the best novel of 2022 By Ron Charles — October 25, 2022 at 2:08 p.m. ET It’s barely Halloween. The ball won’t drop in Times Square for another two full months, and more good books will surely appear before the year ends. But I … Continue reading Midweek Book Review

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Ignoring Africa’s (not very many) Wars. Is It (anything but) Racism?

GWYNNE DYER: Tigray is being brutally decimated at the hands of Ethiopia, but the world is mostly looking the other way ‘There is only one special thing about Africa’s wars: how little attention everybody else pays to them’ By: Gwynne Dyer — Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 When writing about the Tigray-Ethiopia struggle or any other war … Continue reading Ignoring Africa’s (not very many) Wars. Is It (anything but) Racism?

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