Monthly Archives: July 2021

Requesting Simple Lies

The masthead of the New York Times has read “All the News That’s Fit to Print” since October 25, 1896, back when Adolph Ochs had acquired the New York Times in bankruptcy court and wanted to let everyone know this … Continue reading

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The Twisties

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were a year late and silent. No spectators. Covid did that. The excitement had to be manufactured by commentators explaining what was happening to the television viewers in each particular country far away. Their excitement, once … Continue reading

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