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Text Journalists Should Stick to Their Keyboards

I’m sorry to be seeing and hearing so many of America’s ranking journalists. And why is that? The mission of the journalist is to Find Stuff Out, and ideally convey the Stuff clearly, concisely and accurately. That’s why we bemoan the shrinkage and even closure of so many news staffs, particularly at the local level.Continue reading “Text Journalists Should Stick to Their Keyboards”

More Productive = Less Political

I was encouraged to find an article stressing the importance of U.S. labor productivity in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, produced by the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. (The CFR’s agenda includes national competitiveness.) The piece, produced by a former member of George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers and a formerContinue reading “More Productive = Less Political”

Wisconsin Can Vote to Be Fat

Most political commercials are about hot-button nonsense like which congressional candidate is against fentanyl, so I ignore them. But because Wisconsin is such a key U.S. Senate race, the campaign of its mediocre senator Tammy Baldwin paid to put an ad on the national broadcast of the Brewers-Mets game last night, so I watched. TheContinue reading “Wisconsin Can Vote to Be Fat”