Facebook Slams Independent Voices With Latest Political Purge Web Publication: Reason, by J.D. Tuccille I read ‘Reason’ content via Facebook. Given recent actions by Facebook, I may not find that or similar content on that site much longer. Three statements spell out significant trouble for free speech: A disturbingly large number of people use Facebook […]
Hello Northeast Reader
Hello Northeast Reader, it’s been awhile; since September 8 as per my check just now. This is about that interval and about the process of writing or not writing these articles. Over the past 30 plus days, I worked on multiple articles and choose not to finish them. Some were nearly finished. Of course, everything […]
Dear Nike
Dear Nike I’m writing to let you know that I’m disturbed by your selection of Colin Kaepernick as the face of Nike and I’m now embarrassed to be seen sporting the Nike ‘swooch’. It’s a shame that you had to go this way, after all, you’re in the business of sports apparel and I happen […]
Funerals
Saturday, a Drudge Report headline said something to the effect that ‘Americans are sickened by the politicized funerals’, those of John McCain and Aretha Franklin. I couldn’t agree more. Both were Trump bash-fests, grand-stand events, headline broadcasters. I don’t know about Franklin but in the case of McCain, it’s just as he wanted. His choreographed […]
Opinions 8/24/18
Trump The vultures are circling Washington in anticipation that Trump is busted = impeached = gone. Based on disclosures to date, that may still be premature. Scouring the news, some very well informed figures have serious doubts that anything disclosed so far are impeachable offenses. The wild cards of course are: 1) Are there other […]
Object Lessons in the Craft Brewing Industry
A couple months ago, my wife and I took a trip to a craft brewery in Southern York County, PA. This brewery had two positive distinctions in our patronage of their beers. First, they had released a couple beers that we found locally and they were excellent. I credit them with giving us an appreciation […]