Good News and Bad News about News

Good News and Bad News about News

There’s some good news about the news business for a change. The big headwound traditional media venues like newspapers and TV suffered with the advent of Internet ads is starting to heal. The bleeding has either stopped or slowed to a less-painful trickle for...
She Knew I Would Make It

She Knew I Would Make It

After Peter O’Toole died in December, The New York Times gave him a worthy sendoff. The marvelous English actor’s obituary, which began on the front page, ran several thousand words. At the conclusion of its online version the Times ran this addendum:...
A Ploy to Dilute the Democratic Party’s Message

A Ploy to Dilute the Democratic Party’s Message

Here’s a jarring headline: “Economic Populism Is a Dead End for Democrats.” That’s the title on a recent op-ed piece written by a couple of longtime political flacks for Wall Street and published, naturally, in The Wall Street Journal. Take it...