This past week marked a full 20 years for me in retirement. This was after 45 — maybe more (who can remember?) — years as a TV and radio news reporter. Thanks to some kind people, I’ve avoided becoming Mr…. Read More ›
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American Perception – Gordon Stewart
Originally posted on Views from the Edge:
Introduction A recent Minnesota Poll sent me back to the “draft” file to retrieve John M. Miller’s one-page commentary reflecting on results of a Pew Research Center poll asking where people get their…
WHAT’S YOUR SOURCE?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #134 I would like to point out that there’s plenty of room between “I believe everything I hear because my sources are impeccable!” and “I think I have a sufficient selection of news sources so that mostly, I’m… Read More ›
POSTWAR: A HISTORY OF EUROPE SINCE 1945 By TONY JUDT
What is truth? What is history? What really happened? How did we wind up where we are now? This is the book that will go a long way to explaining it. You might not like the explanation, but when you… Read More ›
BOSTON BUSING AS I REMEMBER
During my ABC Network News stint (3 years), I covered major international stories. These included the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. While I was in Vietnam in 1967, I met LBJ who revealed he wouldn’t seek re-election… Read More ›
HITTING THE WALL – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Anchoring was my Achilles heel. I was never good at it. I shared my grief with the late Tom Ellis who was a good friend and a wonderful anchor. Tom allowed, “You gotta be yourself and go with the flow.”… Read More ›
WHAT DID WE THINK OF MEGHAN AND HARRY’S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH – #FPQ 112
Fandango’s Provocative Question #112: SO WHAT ABOUT HARRY & MEGHAN? From Fandango: “This week’s provocative question is going to be an easy one…if you watched Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Harry and Meghan the other night.” Garry and I watched it… Read More ›
TO PROTECT AND SERVE – Garry Armstrong
Policing in the United States is a hot button issue, particularly policing in minority communities. The George Floyd case is but one of many police-involved incidents that has cast a harsh light on the disparate way law and order is… Read More ›
AND THE BIG SHOW IS BACK ON TELEVISION
Today the big subject is “lack of remorse.” That no matter what he has done, T#$%@ has NEVER said he was sorry. Never apparently felt any sadness for the deaths of people in the incited crowds. How are we letting… Read More ›
JUST WHEN YOU THINK T%$#@ IS GONE, HE’S BACK. AGAIN.
I really thought we’d finally gotten rid of the Orange Menace, but he’s back. You’ve got to hand it to what’s-his-name. He wanted to be special and he is. Not in a good way, but who else has managed to… Read More ›
IMPEACHMENT REDUX
Watching Impeachment Redux on CNN, eating Owen’s freshly-baked French bread (oh wow oh wow it’s so GOOD!) while realizing I’m not getting dressed today. I’ve got Lidocaine patches on my back and anything with a waistband will knock them off…. Read More ›
RANDOM THOUGHTS ALONG THE WAY by GARRY ARMSTRONG
Cue up Sinatra’s “My Way” for this one. It’s applicable for some of the random thoughts that I’ll float your way. It’s perfect for some of the bonehead things that rest in my past. My way is how I did… Read More ›
