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Photo courtesy of Feddacheenee via Creative Commons. — You are … a radio star. … You are … a radio star. … Video killed the radio star. – The Buggles, “Video Killed the Radio Star,” 1979 Stealing a quick glance… READ MORE
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This is the Fourth of July I remember. It is the sepia-toned America of my youth – large cars with tailfins, puffy thunderstorms over Crestview and foil peeled off a Salisbury steak TV dinner. Television stations start their morning broadcast… READ MORE
All day long the weather radar showed angry swaths of red marching toward us, an evil horde of lightning, thunder and terror bent on reducing us to protoplasmic mulch. I tried to ignore the shrieked warnings – “He’s coming to… READ MORE
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I visited Santa Rosa Mall the other day. It was sad. Sears was shuttered. I almost never shopped there unless I needed a belt. Sears always had a large selection of belts for guys with beer guts like yours truly…. READ MORE
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Photo courtesy of Brandon Jasper of Flickr via Creative Commons license — Another mass shooting. Ten people dead this time in what has become a depressing affront to human decency. We will react the way we always react – with… READ MORE
For me, a compelling instrument of any science fiction movie that involves spaceships arriving at strange places is the landing sequence. Such sequences offer a potential for high drama and rising tension that galvanize all the story elements to follow…. READ MORE
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Today marks my 38th anniversary of working at the Daily News. I have bored you in the past with stories about life at the newspaper in the “olden” days, so I won’t repeat that sin. Oh, maybe I will. A… READ MORE
My post yesterday about global warming and natural variability inspired an interesting conversation about climate change and the future of Earth, one I’d like to follow up on. So what’s the big deal about global warming? First, a few facts… READ MORE
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With all the troubles facing the world, isn’t it nice that we can enjoy these weekly interludes discussing the issues that really matter, such as cockroaches crawling up the inside of your jeans leg. Yes, that really happened. Our newest… READ MORE
Dear President Trump, I am one of your “worst people in the world,” an “enemy of the people” as you put it. A member of the media. I take it I am worse than Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. Worse… READ MORE