Fracking the Media: Do We Have Too Many News Choices?

Read MoreDo shrinking and therefore dividing news sources sabotage our common understanding of reality and impede compromise? Might this spell the end of democracy?

Read MoreDo shrinking and therefore dividing news sources sabotage our common understanding of reality and impede compromise? Might this spell the end of democracy?

Read MoreA thought-provoking essay appeared today online, “Why Twitter’s Dying (And What You Can Learn From It),” authored by Umair Haque. I urge everyone to read it. If accurate, the future doesn’t portend very well for traditional social media outlets, particularly the two most popular platforms in the United States — Twitter and Facebook.

Read MoreNon-believers (in organized religion) are significantly underrepresented in surveys. This group is now likely a majority in America.

Read MoreLet me be clear. The right to artistic expression must be defended. In all cases. No matter what. At any cost. No compromises. Without exception. Artists are either free to express themselves, or they are not. There’s no purgatory.

Read MoreI browsed the magazine rack and was astonished to see a stunning number of gun, rifle, shotgun, and ammunition-related publications. No, this display isn’t at a gun show in Alabama. This was a bookstore in Summerlin, an upscale community in west Las Vegas.