Politics and its Discontents

But how much better off everyone would be if they just followed these basics:

I received a lovely note the other day from a reader named Rose. While I am pleased she finds my blog a useful resource, I am also happy t...

Living in an age when critical-thinking skills are increasingly hard to find, anything acting as a bulwark against the ignorance and stupi...

It is good to know that the mainstream media is finally paying attention to the new technology that I outlined in yesterday's post. An...

Now this is really disturbing. The Verge reports that Jordan Peele and Buzzfeed combined forces to make a fake Public Service Ad: Using ...

I couldn't help but think of this story concerning trolls spreading fake news about Black Panther-related violence when I saw this: ...

Here are five resources that can aid us in what really is a life-long journey:

Vox offers this deconstruction of the slippery and morally repugnant Kellyanne Conway.

I have been retired from teaching for 10 years now, and I can say that since departing, I have not missed the classroom for a single day. ...

If you get the bulk of your news from television and print journalism, you may be unaware of the extent to which fake news has taken hold ...

I was tempted to conflate the first two words of my title to drive home a point, but I resisted. Meanwhile, Star readers weigh in on th...

While the following is hardly an in-depth report, the interview with the fake-news writer near the end of the report is rather interesting i...

With conventional media fighting an ever-growing juggernaut of fake news, news that is either outright lie or gross distortion, two natio...

People of a certain 'vintage' will well remember the above commercial, in which a family appears to take great delight in fooling ...

Yesterday's post dealt with the challenges real journalism faces in this era of presidential prevarications and attacks on the media. ...

Reading my morning paper, the Toronto Star, I came across a notice to subscribers that rates are once again increasing. As part of what is f...