MadisonJournalTODAY

There are times in our life when we enter a bubble. Something comes along and it is bigger than us, some calamity, and all we can do is focus on the thing at hand. [Full Story »] 

Why do we so often see government go into the “nothing-to-see-here” mode of operation after a disaster? [Full Story »] 

The arc of mankind has taken a huge upward shift in terms of technology. That doesn’t mean people are generally smarter. (Lots I could say on that point.) But technological capabilities keep expanding, altering life at such rapid speed on so many fronts. [Full Story »] 

This two-week span on the calendar always feels like a whirlwind for me. [Full Story »] 

There’s been talk of creating a state “Journalism Ethics Board” to regulate the media in Georgia. It didn’t happen this legislative session, but it might in 2020. [Full Story »] 

Michael Jackson seemed as much a part of my childhood as Coca Cola, McDonald’s, Little League baseball and Topps or Fleer baseball cards. If I could find my fourth-grade yearbook, I could show you all the “moonwalker” references. The guys in my class all tried to outdo each other with the moonwalk. The Thriller album was the first music I ever owned. [Full Story »] 

There are so many forms of human suffering on this earth, but the one that scares me the most is living through the death of one of my own children. That tops every other fear by a wide measure. And I don’t care what politics you hold. I don’t care if you think I’m dirt for a different opinion. I don’t care if you have something truly worthy of my scorn. If you have lost your child and you are suffering with that, then you have my sympathy. I consider this the baseline of my fundamental value system. I don’t want any parent in the world to suffer with this. None! Not a neo-Nazi, not a communist. [Full Story »] 

There are such huge political issues right now that lie outside of our news cycle that are being completely overlooked due to our partisan dysfunction. For instance, as a nation, as a cohesive unit — what are we now in this world? I mean that honestly. I truly don’t know. I am terribly confused and I wish for clarification. [Full Story »] 

Have I shared this month’s “Oh-my-God-we’re-all-doomed” moment with you, yet? I could easily make a special monthly feature of my doomsday feelings. [Full Story »]