On the Shoulders of Dwarfs

I’ve got this thing about hypocrites and opportunists: I cannot stand them or their unrestrained inclinations. Arizona’s latest self-disembowelment over gay people, and the chorus of voices that urged the state to come to its senses, reminded me of four people who used sexual politics to succeed professionally before they Read more…

Remember the Tribune

If you are close to becoming a naturalized Texan, (not sure such an entity is culturally recognized) or you were born over the sacred soil, you have the innate sense that tells you about the approach of the historic Battle of the Alamo anniversary. In fact, yesterday marked the 178th Read more…

Fun with Evan

“He’s a walkin’ contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, takin’ every wrong direction on his lonely way back home.” – Kristofferson I think I need to add a new category to this site. It will be called, “Fun with Evan.” We’ll have weekly updates on his disingenuousness and hypocrisy as Read more…

Friday Brain Fire

  Friday Brain Fire will offer insights into the media, how it works, and how it can be worked. There will, of course, be politics, and other topics that simply do not get addressed by journalism or government. Nothing will be out of bounds. And if you read this and Read more…

No Country for Old Reporters

The reaction to the Texas Tribune piece has been mostly condescension from Trib reporters. None of them addressed me directly in their tweets but one of their digirati tweeted a “counter-counter” response, “No country for old men.” I’m sure that is patently true. Best I can tell the only people Read more…

The Trouble with the Trib (part 3)

The Deadly Cure The Texas Tribune launched in 2009 and was immediately hailed as the future of non-profit journalism. Supporters of the project failed to note that non-profits such as Consumer Reports and the Center for Investigative Journalism had been delivering great reporting for years, and ProPublica had established itself Read more…

The Trouble with the Trib

The Texas Tribune was supposed to be the best new idea to save journalism. Instead, it is destroying it. What believers hoped was going to be a watchdog has turned into a lapdog by taking big dollars from lobbyists and corporations. Appearances are Destiny The complications were easily avoided. Instead, Read more…