Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

Freedom of Speech: First Amendment Rights… and Wrongs

A brief disclaimer: I never meant this blog to be about politics, or law. However, as these things do interest me, and do affect what I read, and watch, and listen to, I’m probably inadvertently going to drift that way at times. Plus, I recently re-activated my law license, so I’ve been [...]

If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… Stay off the ‘Net

The quote on my Facebook profile page is one I lifted from Nathan Fillion on Twitter:  “It costs nothing to say something nice.  Even less to shut up altogether.”  It’s a lesson a lot of people trolling around on the internet could use these days.
I was bothered last week when Rush Limbaugh was admitted to [...]

Balloon Boy and the 24-Hour News Cycle

Want to hear something crazy? When I was Falcon Heene’s age, mumblehrumble years ago, you could only watch the news a couple of times a day. At certain, predetermined times. On one of only three channels. (Also, there were no remote controls, there were no drive-through windows, and dinosaurs still roamed [...]

Does Television Cause Unhappiness?

Apparently, I’m terribly unhappy.
I didn’t know I was. I thought I was pretty content. I mean, sure, there are things in my life I would change, given the option — a better job and more money would be nice. And I’d like to get a bit more sleep on average. But [...]