Dear Media, Stop Naming the Shooter.

As soon as I heard about the Paris attacks, I felt for the families and friends of the victims — felt so hard, I was in tears. As news unfolded in the subsequent days, I began to see a trend. While I was able to find the names of some of the victims and a few…

There never was a ‘Golden Age’

Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist whose work I admire, recently wrote an apologia arguing that he and his media colleagues are responsible for Donald Trump’s ascendancy. His message is: we screwed up. He lists four particular failures:

I agree SOOOO wholeheartedly and want to post this RIGHT NOW on my FB but I will wait because there is actually a real thing happening (Paris) and I’ve vowed to keep my feed quiet in deference to what’s really news. I refuse to be part of the social media “noise” problem.

Well said / written Quinn!

I travelled East Africa a few years ago (from Johannesburg, South Africa) and it was a powerfully enlightening trip.

Travel keeps the mind flexible, especially when it’s out of your comfort zone — but as you have mentioned, sometimes it learning that knowledge and community…