Category Archives: How I Learned The Facts of Life

Tom Cotton, the New York Times and the purpose of newspapers

Ever since the Times published Tom Cotton’s opinion piece, “Send In The Troops,” I’ve been reading about the huge uproar over it. And thinking about it. Initially, I didn’t read the piece. The title cry, “Send In The Troops!” did … Continue reading

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Let’s review the M.O. of Roger Stone, again

I was nauseated by what I learned about Roger Stone when I was writing about kompromat in How I Learned The Facts of Life: Real news vs fake news in a time of plague, injustice, gobsmacking trumpery…and whatever comes next. … Continue reading

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Paths Crossed: The Chicks are in “How I Learned The Facts of Life”

The terrific group now known as the Chicks are in Chapter 7, under the sub-title “Brainwashing and the Dixie Chicks.” Oh, the Chicks weren’t brainwashed. Country music, in “canceling” them, acted as if the entire business and all their fans … Continue reading

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