Morris: The Era of the Ultracrepidarian
by Leo Morris It pains me to confess this, but I am an ultracrepidarian. You might not want to hear it, but there’s a good chance you are one as well. The word describes people who “express opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise.” It comes from the Latin for “beyond Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
Since 2004, about 1,800 newspapers or 20 percent of the total have folded or merged, while in the last decade 32,000 of the industry’s employees have lost their jobs. — The Washington Times, June 12, 2019 YOU WOULD THINK it would be the kind of story journalists would fight to get. It has it all Read the full article…
Morris: A TV Reporter Shows How It’s Done
by Leo Morris Perhaps it’s time we stop obsessing so much over fake news and worry a little more about fake reviews. It’s not that fake news isn’t a problem. It’s a big one. But constantly complaining about the fake variety elevates the “real” news to a lofty position it probably hasn’t deserved in a Read the full article…
Keating: The Bulls and the Bullied
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. The four-year-old howled when big brother called him, “Little Tiny Stinky Baby.” After being chastised by parents and promising never to do it again, the seven-year-old simply continued taunting little brother by calling him “L.T.S.B.” Big brother, following an awakening through sessions at school and church, confessed to mom that Read the full article…
The Outstater
INDIANA’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR is siding with those who say the state’s shifting definition of “hate” trumps a thousand years of common law. The front office of the Pacers may drop the word “owner” because it supposedly implies slavery. And a city administration sees nothing wrong with using tax money to fund a local “news” magazine Read the full article…
Morris: The School Lunch
by Leo Morris I can barely keep track of all the shaming going on these days. There is fat shaming. And slut shaming. And stay-at-home-mom shaming and LGBTQ shaming and even religion shaming. And we have apparently become so judgmental that as soon as we feel properly chastised about one form of shaming, another one Read the full article…
