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'Dogging Steinbeck' -- at the launching pad
On Sept. 23, 2010, I left John Steinbeck's house on Long Island and began following the exact route he took for his iconic 'Travels With Charley' in…
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The (former) Power of the Press
Hollywood spent lots of time doing movies about the power & untrustworthiness of newspapers when they were in their prime. Here are three examples…
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Hollywood's most terrifying sound
It wasn't the crack of gunfire, the rumble of an earthquake. It was something much worse. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas -- from…
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Intercepting Buckley Jr.'s book tour
When the godfather of modern conservatism came to Pittsburgh to give a talk in 1995, I got a chance to interview him in his hotel room. First he helped…
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Chasing Steinbeck's Ghost -- the videos
In 2010 I retraced the journey that John Steinbeck took around the USA in 1960 and turned into his book Travels with Charley. Here's the video record of…
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JFJ Jr. goes glossy with George
John John aims to cover America's politics in an un-traditional way -- i.e., with a dose of fun. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas …
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Good news for America
We're not as hopelessly stupid or criminal as we think, says Advertising Age and American Demographics. My weekly take on America's news, culture and…
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Axios blew the Kennedy hearing
Axios thinks it’s a cut above most news media. But its coverage of the RFK Jr. circus of embarrassment in the Senate this week proved it’s as biased as…
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Cars don't kill cities, planners do.
Blaming cars for wrecking cities is simplistic.
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Why is TV so horrible? We tried to find out
This long piece appeared in the LA Times and the Palm Beach Post on Jan. 6, 1985.
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