Long is the list of things Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has gotten wrong, from guns to immigration to abortion to nonsense culture war salvos compromising academic freedom […]
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Conspiracy theories fly after bridge collapse. It wasn’t always this way
by Jim Warren I vividly remember the gruesome wreckage of the United States’ worst aviation disaster. I was among the first reporters to see the burning remnants […]
Dealing with false facts: How to correct online misinformation
by Madelyn Sanfilippo Deepfakes of celebrities and misinformation about public figures might not be new in 2024, but they are more common and many people seem to […]
Social media can be toxic for women. Here’s how to change that
by Kara Alaimo On social media, most of us don’t think too hard about what we’re doing as we “like,” scroll and swipe across our screens. But […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 8
Good: HB 5516 — “prohibiting the use of deep fake images for the nonconsensual disclosure of private intimate images; prohibiting the unlawful depiction of nude or partially […]
‘Media’ is not hiding the ‘truth’
Social media posts’ favorite tagline is some variation of “The mainstream media won’t tell you this …” followed by text or images of something that may or […]
Gen Z’s ‘legging legs’ trend got the TikTok backlash it deserved
by Jessica Karl “No, you’re doing it wrong. Your feet need to touch each other.” That was what my friend told me in the high school bathroom. […]
I got a flip phone and tried to get by without my smartphone
by Seth Lavin About three months ago, I bought a flip phone and turned off my smartphone for good. I am part of a trend — interest […]
Society needs to take a breather
by Kevin Frazier Patience is a virtue. It’s a simple refrain I learned well in Mrs. Campbell’s class — rather than read the instructions on a pop […]
Holiday season finds us isolated
Let’s change that by Seth D. Kaplan We are living in an age of placeless possibility: a time when we can instantly get in touch with another […]
