Duly Noted

June 1, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

A few weeks ago, hot takes flamed the internet following the White House Correspondents Dinner. There were two pretty clear camps: Those who cheered comedian Michelle Wolf (best known for her frequent appearances as a correspondent on The Daily Show…

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Duly Noted: Pre-Crime

June 1, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

Philip K. Dick wrote The Minority Report back in 1956. Forty-six years later, Steven Spielberg turned it into a gorgeous film chronicling a dystopian futurescape where cops arrest would-be criminals before they can commit a crime, based on the psychic…

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Rationing Generosity

March 22, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

“I was at the grocery store and I saw this woman drive into the lot in an Escalade,” said Jim*. “Later, I saw her checking out, and she had lobster in her cart and she was paying with food…

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Duly Noted: The Lügenpresse

March 16, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this publication just how viscerally I might respond to the constant, steady drum beat of our Commander-in-Chief’s incessant attacks on the Fourth Estate. And, if you’re a student of history in…

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Duly Noted: It’s The Fight Of Our Lives

January 22, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

It’s the fight of our lives. Actually, that’s not true. It’s the fight for your children’s lives. And their children’s after that. And you’re losing. We all are.

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Look for the Helpers

November 9, 2017 Like 0 French Davis

I’m at a loss. I honestly don’t know how we can get it wrong so often, when we know what it looks like to get it right. We’ve seen it played out in front of us for the cameras so many…

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Duly Noted: A putrid state of affairs

October 5, 2017 Like 0 French Davis

All of it is reprehensible. All of it is disgusting. None of it is surprising. I’m typing this a day after an organized group of White Nationalists, white supremacists, neo nazis and Confederacy sympathizers marched on Virginia to protest the removal…

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Scene: Browsers For Sale

June 26, 2017 Like 0 French Davis

Last month, Congress torpedoed internet privacy regulations instituted by the FCC under Obama appointee Tom Wheeler, touching off a firestorm of hand-wringing and general social media freaking out that has become so commonplace in the Trump era. In a nutshell,…

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Duly Noted: Ask A President

March 26, 2017 Like 0 French Davis

This month, we welcome our new guest columnist for a recurring feature, Ask A President.

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Duly Noted: Remembrance

February 14, 2017 Like 0 French Davis

My grandfather William Cohen — “Wolfe” in Hungarian — was born in Hungary in 1905, and came to America just before the Holocaust. He had 11 siblings. Most of them were murdered by Nazis.