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  • A Goodbye Kiss for Family Programming

    A Goodbye Kiss for Family Programming0

    Recently, Joseph Cotto and I discussed on our regular podcast the fate of the Hallmark Channel, which I have viewed periodically while moving with my remote button toward Turner Classic Movies. (On Turner I find old movies, popular during my youth, that have not yet been canceled.) What drew me, however briefly, to the Hallmark

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  • A Good Friday Remembrance from the Heart of the Holocaust

    A Good Friday Remembrance from the Heart of the Holocaust0

    (This story was originally published by Intellectual Takeout on March 29, 2018.) That the most important weekend in Christendom is fraught with busyness is hard to deny. New clothes, chocolate bunnies, egg hunts, and time with family make it easy to slip past the Easter holiday without reflecting on its meaning. If such is your

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  • A Gift to the World: Seeking Not Our Own

    A Gift to the World: Seeking Not Our Own4

    A teacher who was also a poet once explained to me the meaning of a “found poem.” It’s a poem that takes its words and lines from sources outside the poet: newspaper headlines, advertisements, the outdoor message boards found in front of churches, an overheard conversation, even graffiti. Just this morning, I came across a

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  • A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later

    A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later0

    Neil Postman (1931- 2003) was one of the most prolific and influential American intellectuals of the 20th century. A longtime educator at NYU, Postman authored 18 books and more than 200 articles in the nation’s top magazines and newspapers, such as The Atlantic, Time magazine, and Harper’s Magazine. Part of Postman’s immense popularity, I’ve long

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  • A Gallon of Gas Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage in These Cities

    A Gallon of Gas Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage in These Cities2

    As nearly 40 million Americans prepare to travel for Memorial Day weekend, they’re confronted with an unpleasant reality: gasoline prices are through the roof. Last week, for the first time ever, gas prices topped $4 in every single state. On Wednesday, Florida hit a new record high—$4.57 a gallon. That’s a lot, but it pales in comparison to

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  • A Free Press No More: Thoughts on America’s Enslaved Journalists

    A Free Press No More: Thoughts on America’s Enslaved Journalists0

    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes” is Latin for “Who will guard the guardians themselves?” Once upon a time the guardians of freedom and fair play in America were members of the fourth estate: the press. Earlier generations thought of reporters and journalists as watchdogs, keeping their eyes on the machinations of government and rooting out corruption,

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