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For Me, #2026IsTheNew1968
Happy MLK Day to those who celebrate–if you don’t, you’re probably not someone who’d be inclined to be one of my readers anyway. And no, it’s not about whether you might have racist tendencies or not–most of my loyal readers are anything but averse to a paid day off, or at bare minimum less traffic

It’s Now Apparently OK For Elected Officials To Say It. Thanks A Lot, George Carlin.
I’m still somewhat moral enough where more often than not I can’t quite bring myself to fully spell out the word f-ck, though you certainly won’t catch me refraining from using it. I typically draw the line in public settings, which if you’ve been following anything that’s going on in Minneapolis or Dearborn lately makes

Back In The Cockpit Again?
You may have noticed that a disproportionate number of musings of late have tended to be on the negative side, and you’re not wrong to criticize me for it. But facts are what facts are and when one sees an industry that continues to be defined by audience erosion, fractionalization and corporate contraction it’s hard

TCA Or Not, John Landgraf’s Again A January Headline.
Once upon a time in Hollywood there was a winter ritual that was way more predictive of a robust summer than even Punxsutawney Phil would offer a coupla thousand miles to the East–the Television Critics Association winter tour. It would be roughly around this time of year where TV critics, especially those from far more

Maybe To You It’s Not Quite TV. But There Are Clearly More Of Them That Think It Is.
Back when I was a youth we took our lead from Britain for pretty much everything artistic. Were it not for them, I wouldn’t have had the privilege of experiencing The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the mini-skirt (well, looking at it). For that matter, go back a generation and you wouldn’t have had the

Here’s At Least One Voice Worth Amplifying. Your Turn Now.
Whenever these musings turn political I know I’m veering into territory that makes many of my existing and aspirational readers uncomfortable. And while I confess there’s a lot I still don’t know about this so-called “content creation” world I do know enough that being authentic and true to your beliefs is critical to making any

Ain’t No Shiny Floor In Sight
For the past several years, save for that COVID thingy, my longest-tenured friend and I have had a standing lunch date with a far more seasoned one to celebrate the “anniversary” of when we all met. That happened to be at a taping of a network game show he was executive producing, a tale we

The Golden Globes Were One Battle After Another. Including A Few Better Left Unwaged.
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the GOLDEN GLOBES ever since I was fortunate enough to attend a couple in person and to be part of history at once particularly game-changing one where Michael Chiklis stunned the experts and even us colleagues by copping a Best Actor upset and giving me the one chance I’ve

They’re Dropping This Mic.
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site The Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. Yes, I’m well aware it’s still very much winter and football season, and if we needed any reinforcement of that three of the last