The Spiegel Scandal and the Seduction of Storytelling

Facebook. Sigh.

Criticize Facebook? Sure. Leave? Why?

To Facebook — and Its Critics: Please Don’t Screw Up Our Internet

A post in three parts: First, I dissect a specimen of the current elitist media attack on Facebook and its users as a guidepost on the path to moral panic. Second, as a counterpoint, I admire a report about how the…

Bill Cosby and the Trilogy of Corruption

What you see above is a dummy cover I produced for market-testing Entertainment Weekly…

The Flight to Quality is on the Runway

Sometimes, things need to get bad before they can get good. Such is the case, I fear, with…

Making Roseanne and Racism Ready for Prime Time

Perspective, please

I’m going to straddle a sword by on the one hand criticizing the platforms for not taking their public responsibility seriously enough, and on the other hand pleading for some perspective before we descend into a moral panic with unintended consequences for the net and the future.