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​The news desert hits home

For the last few years I have been preaching about the plight of journalism, banging the drum to sound the alarm for anyone who would listen. I have repeatedly pleaded for all of us to support our local newspapers. I have brought attention to mass layoffs, restructurings and sales in…

Journalism

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​The news desert hits home
​The news desert hits home
Journalism

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Sep 10, 2021

Remembering Sept. 11–20 years later

Memory is a strange thing. Never blessed with a photographic memory, as I have gotten older, I realize what I do remember are bits and pieces of things that when put together paint a picture of a day. Even those that change the world. Even one as monumental as 9/11. …

New York

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Remembering Sept. 11–20 years later
Remembering Sept. 11–20 years later
New York

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Aug 15, 2021

The inevitable and ignominious end of our longest war

A country is rapidly falling apart and helicopters are evacuating the last Americans from the embassy. We’ve been here before. Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of history has seen that image, but this isn’t black and white, and this isn’t Vietnam. This is the reboot. As of this writing, reports…

Afghanistan

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The inevitable and ignominious end of our longest war
The inevitable and ignominious end of our longest war
Afghanistan

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Jul 19, 2021

Phillies vax issues put focus on what athletes owe fans

For a few fleeting moments prior to Major League Baseball’s all star break, it all started to come together for my Phightin’ Phils. The lineup was finally healthy and the bats were making contact. The suspect bullpen found some footing as young Ranger Suarez was finding success after being plugged…

Phillies

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Phillies vax issues put focus on what athletes owe fans
Phillies vax issues put focus on what athletes owe fans
Phillies

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Jul 14, 2021

Your local news source is dying. What are we going to do about it?

Do I have your attention? Once upon a time, when people browsed through a newspaper page by page, headlines were designed to catch the eye. To convey a taste of what the article was about and draw you in and read the full story. In today’s world of feeds and…

Local News

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Your local news source is dying. What are we going to do about it?
Your local news source is dying. What are we going to do about it?
Local News

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Jun 28, 2021

O’Brien’s departure feels like the end of an era for late night TV

Conan O’Brien bid farewell to late-night television this week (at least for the moment) and in many ways, it feels like the end of an era. He debuted late in the world Johnny built — 1993 — as the replacement for David Letterman. The “Late Night” host, long considered Carson’s…

Television

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O’Brien’s departure feels like the end of an era for late night TV
O’Brien’s departure feels like the end of an era for late night TV
Television

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May 31, 2021

A good week for the old guys

Like many with an interest in sports, I was captivated by a pair of feats that bracketed the week: Phil Mickelson’s PGA Championship victory last weekend and the win by Hélio Castroneves in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. Mickelson had last won a major in 2013 and at 50 was starting to…

Sports

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A good week for the old guys
A good week for the old guys
Sports

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Jan 12, 2021

A line in the sand

A lot of words ran through my head Wednesday as hooligans breached the Capitol: Sedition and insurrection among them. A few I won’t repeat. I’ve become quite fond of “putsch,” it has a certain fitting Germanic flair. But I’ve held off putting into words my reaction to the events of…

Capitol Riot

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A line in the sand
A line in the sand
Capitol Riot

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Dec 12, 2020

Minor league contraction will have lasting impact on the future of the game

As I get older, a lot of memories start to become “generic.” By that, I mean that I remember attending assemblies in elementary school, but not necessarily specific ones. But one I do remember sparked a life-long love affair with minor league baseball. We had just watched a Phillies “season…

Baseball

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Minor league contraction will have lasting impact on the future of the game
Minor league contraction will have lasting impact on the future of the game
Baseball

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Dec 7, 2020

No longer new and hardly normal

​I spotted an article the other day where someone lamented the quickest way to shut down a discussion on the pandemic was to refer to “the new normal.” How true, though I would argue “out of an abundance of caution” is a close second. Any way you slice it, we…

Covid 19

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No longer new and hardly normal
No longer new and hardly normal
Covid 19

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Christopher Six

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