Texas 10/1/95
What began as a “five year mission” just hit 30 Right about now, 30 years ago to the minute, Christi, two cats and I exited…
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AI turns it over vs. the press
A cautionary tale about AI and digital revisionism Anyone who questions the efficacy of AI's usage in writing and research, this one's for you —…
Reviewing Chaos
Book review (plus) Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill; Chaos, Netflix documentary by Errol Morris. In the late 1990s,…
1000 years of spin
The millennium's greatest PR moments (1999) 1000 YEARS OF SPIN The Millennium's Greatest PR Moments Year 1000 — World fails to end. Advisors to Norwegian King…
The briefing
A breakthrough item of mine is The Briefing, a press conference satire I created after viewing network coverage of James Kallstrom, then-FBI director, updating media…
Musical time machine
93XRT's Saturday Morning Flashback Every Saturday morning, Chicago's alternative rock station WXRT airs its long-running "Saturday Morning Flashback," a three-hour deep dive into a single…
December 13, 1977
Originally written in 2021, updated this morning — The University of Evansville Aces air tragedy It is hard to believe it's been 47 years. I…
A letter of Thanks
Some years ago I became aware of this eloquent WSJ editorial, 'And The Fair Land,' which has appeared on Thanksgiving annually since 1961. In our…
The lasting impact of Risky Business
Happy mid-November — that sweet spot between seasons when the night air turns crisp and simple pleasures return: college basketball, crackling fires, and those first…
Elevating with Pearl Jam
Worlds collide in an empty Atlanta hotel: the McDonald's High School All-American Basketball and members of the world-famous Seattle band It’s November, and I'm writing…
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