I decided I should get to the bottom of this Portland-Texas feud. Loyal Scaiaholics know I travel to SuperOregon each year for the Pendleton Round-Up…
We all feel beaten down by the pandemic and politics. And by “beaten down by the pandemic and politics,” I mean, “beaten down by everyone you know yammering on about the vaccine and/or Afghanistan whether you wanted to hear from them or not.”Maybe we all feel like John Coffey right now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3_IuPMya6k…
One of my college professors was Steve Bell, the first news anchor of Good Morning America. I’m not an old man, but at the time, he talked about how partisan news shows were starting to gain popularity.Until then, people could choose from a few news outlets that would tell you what was happening in the world. His position…
“How do we get people to stop arguing about COVID?” the marketing consultant in the red tie asked the marketing consultant in the blue tie. “And start arguing about our product?””COVID is certainly buzz-worthy. I’d love to get to that level of brand recognition,” the marketing consultant in the blue tie responded, leaning forward. “What if, and…
We’ve earned a break from COVID, haven’t we?! That brings us to the State Fair of Texas…
I’ve now been blogging about COVID-19 for about a year and a half. As a society, we’ve used that time to argue constantly, and totally change each other’s minds, about whether masks are useful tools to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or the worst thing that’s ever happened in life. Remember the Cuban Missile…