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One Thing Leads to Another

By Dennis E. Powell | Sep 03, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Many years ago a radio network colleague came into the newsroom one Friday night all excited. She and her well-known musician husband, confirmed city dwellers, were going to rent a car the next day and explore the countryside. On Monday, I asked how the excursion had been. Her always cheerful expression turned into a horrified scowl. “We turned around and came right back. The rats up there are three feet long!” They had seen one crossing the road at night.

Demon Vampire Bug

By Dennis E. Powell | Aug 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM

If one is observant he gets used to spotting things that oughtn’t be there, even if they are fairly small. I guess I’m observant, because the other night, as I sat on the dark brown couch in the dimly lit living room I noticed an inch-long mostly very dark brown insect on the couch a few inches away from me. Before I sent it to its eternal reward I looked at it, and was filled with dread.

Extremes

By Dennis E. Powell | Aug 06, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Nuclear war was invented 80 years ago today. It was tried again three days later. Perhaps unfortunately, it worked.

NHK, Japan’s equivalent to our PBS, makes much of the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As you would expect, it is unreservedly condemned.

When Humor Was Clever

By Dennis E. Powell | Jul 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM

When we learned Sunday of the death of Tom Lehrer, my reaction was that I suspect was that of many: He was still alive?

Same Circus, Different Monkeys

By Dennis E. Powell | Jul 02, 2025 at 11:59 PM

For being as young as it is, all-news television has been through a lot of changes, most of them for the worse.

Not Pack Rats, Curators

By Dennis E. Powell | Jun 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM

It’s not to everyone’s taste, but a substantial group of humans who are free to roam the earth like to collect stuff. Some focus their collections — stamps, coins — but others of us are not prejudiced. We collect anything that is interesting.

Getting the News in the Modern Era

By Dennis E. Powell | Jun 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM

There’s been a lot of news lately, as you might have noticed. You might, too, have noticed that getting actual, accurate news coverage seems all but impossible.

A World of Definitional Gerrymandering

By Timothy R. Butler | Jun 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM

We need to define terms. Our culture is always ready to debate and toss accusations, but we fail to stop and see if we even mean the same things by the words we hurl. No wonder we never settled anything.

Bugs

By Dennis E. Powell | Jun 04, 2025 at 11:58 PM

There is so much we could discuss, practically all of it obvious and troubling.

It's Time Hospitals Communicated as Clearly as Domino's

By Timothy R. Butler | Jun 04, 2025 at 11:05 PM

I’m exhausted. Worn down from dealing with the medical system that is supposed to heal us. It shouldn’t be this way and we have the technological means to fix at least some of it right now.

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