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 MoreI like purges.
Sometimes, it’s necessary to clean out the closets and take out the trash. So, get out the garbage bags.

ESPN’s worthless garbage scoreboard for college football.
Read MoreHave you seen ESPN’s new online scoreboards?
Well, don’t bother. Because they suck!

Read MoreThere was a time when exposed ignorance triggered some kind of a reaction, a self-evaluation to right a wrong, to try and learn more, and to catch up with the rest of the world. No more. Now stupidity is a punch line. For some, perhaps even a virtue.
Which leads to my question — what’s so fucking funny about being stupid?