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and now, the news… A few months ago, I left a package in the overhead compartment on a Delta Flight. You know how it is. You arrive, you scramble to get off the plane, and then, in the taxi,...

Since he first descended his golden escalator in Trump Tower on June 16th, 2015 (a day that will live in infamy), people have been underestimating Donald Trump, much to their misfortune. One by one he plowed through 16 other...

image courtesy Wikicommons   On the heels of the success of House of Cards on HBO, the cable news channels (and the networks) have  launched their own drama series – MOTHERLAND. Like House of Cards and Homeland, it is...

“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”. So wrote (theoretically) Sinclair Lewis. It would seem he was wrong. When fascism came to America, it came wrapped in a Reality TV...

Fake news is a problem. Everyone thinks so, even President Obama who decried it in Berlin yesterday (that is, if TVNewser is to be believed.  Who knows?) To my mind, Fake News is not really a problem. It is...

I don’t have to recite the litany of his flaws and failings and sheer ignorance. That has all been well documented over the past year or two. And yet, it would seem, a majority or at least close to...

In a recent article in WITNESS , professional photographer Adrian Hadland discusses the state of the professional photography business. It is a profession under enormous pressure.  The advent of digital photography, and smart phone cameras in particular have made ‘everyone’...

We are living in a period of masive change. I am reading AGE OF DISCOVERY by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna. The sub-title of the book is “Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance”.  And risks and...