One of the more colorful–literally–peddlers of content I’ve ever dealt with was a glib silver-maned salesman who insisted his “friends” refer to him as “The Colonel”. He supposedly was a war veteran, but you wouldn’t know it from his garish fashion choices–almost always preferring light-colored sweater vests to dark suit jackets. Among the titles he … Read more
How apropos–or perhaps ironic–that over a holiday weekend where I’m told people were spending time with family members (not in my case, mind you) that the breaking news alerts that popped up most frequently involved politicians and their respective family members. Perhaps the noisiest was the one that happened yesterday that CNN’s duo of Marshall … Read more
In slightly more normal times a Group of Five conference tournament for a secondary women’s sport would be wholly unworthy of any sort of spotlight. The Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball tournament final that was held yesterday wasn’t even worthy of a tile on ESPN+, and the report from a local beat writer, Kevin Lytle … Read more
There’s plenty one could say about Patrick Soon-Shiong that I’ll allow would be accurate observations. Rich? Heck, yes. Has made billions in biotech and doesn’t shy away from defending how it can save the world. Civic-minded? Gotta give him that; at least he was willing to step up and bail out the Los Angeles TIMES … Read more
Out of all of the many eyebrow and blood pressure-raising appointments to the incoming president’s cabinet that have been released in plumes of white smoke disguised as posts on Truth Social since a majority of Americans decided to bring him back to the country’s highest office, one that has been derided a bit more than … Read more
When yesterday’s news cycle was disrupted by the unlikely headline that of all the folks in the United States with a bar degree somehow Florida congressman Matt Goetz emerged as the choice of the incoming president for Attorney General, it sent shock waves and even some disgust through pundits and even some elected officials. THE … Read more
Forgive me if I might come off as a tad unfeeling, but to the likes of those who cover media for a living that seem to be overly sympatico with those still crying in their lattes, enough’s enough. In particular, I’m showing concern for THE WRAP’s Sharon Waxman, who dedicated her most recent WAXWORD essay … Read more
America has spoken. And they’ve made their choices in a free and fair democratic election, with no bombs actually going off. And if my social media feeds are any indication, as a country we’ve apparently committed hari-kari. Well, as someone who has often been put in the uncomfortable position of conveying results of far less … Read more
My roommate was literally over the moon about the spectacle that occupied Madison Square Garden on a rare day when the Knicks, Rangers or a concert wasn’t booked, one he claims he watched from end to end yesterday. He couldn’t stop raving about the energy, the love and the size of the crowd–perhaps because it … Read more
One of the reasons I pay a disproportionate amount of attention to sports and escapist entertainment is that there’s only so much bandwidth even I have for the urgency, determination, desperation and incendiary rhetoric that an election cycle tends to produce. And even though I don’t live in a swing state, I still get more … Read more