For a reporter, even a retired one, there’s a charge of adrenaline in a scoop — getting a story before other journalists. And if the scooped rival is the Big Kahuna, aka the New York Times, there’s an extra kick to it. So I’m preening this morning, after noticing that the august Times, fresh off stuffing another … Continue reading Scooping the Times, With Grim Gratification
If you were, say, the new president of a struggling small college in Flyover Carolina, you ought to be thrilled by getting a shout-out from Wendy Brown in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. I mean, The Times is, well, The Times, the national paper of record and all that. And Wendy Brown is an … Continue reading Embarrassing Quaker Quote of the Week
Okay, enough with all the bad news about the leaky Supreme Court, ThrillBilly elegies in Ohio, World War 2.5 in Europe, and a stock market sinking like a Russian flagship. Time for some upbeat happy news! Um, sorry, I don’t have any. But will you settle for some different stuff to worry about? Like that … Continue reading Two Weekend Bulletins: Cases and ‘Canes?
I can relate to this article. I published one like it in a Boston alternative weekly in early January of 1973. Angry letters poured in for weeks, until January 22, when Roe v. Wade was issued; then my qualms & quibbles were instantly forgotten. I wasn’t sorry. Since then, some of my views have evolved, … Continue reading A Progressive Catholic Goes There: Against Abortion, But Supports Keeping Roe
I’m not in the habit of taking political advice from rightwing websites. Never mind a site started by Tucker Carlson; or from anything else associated with the top Fox News motormouth. But the headline below, I admit, gave me pause today. So here it is, with some comments in bold dark red. The Daily Caller: … Continue reading Roy Cooper for President?