Bob Garfield appears in the following:
Why Activists Are Demanding That Cities "Defund the Police"
Friday, June 12, 2020
Organizers are asking us to imagine what seems unimaginable: a world without police.
All The Opinion That's Fit To Print?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Editors at The New York Times have insisted that the opinion page is a space where all views all welcome. Where does that leave our values?
Trump and the Christian Persecution Complex
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Turns out the myth of Christian persecution goes back hundreds and hundreds of years.
Twitter's Donald Trump Problem
Friday, May 29, 2020
Should Twitter just kick Trump off the platform?
Mass Grief in a Divided America
Friday, May 22, 2020
Will America mourn together when this is all over?
Obituaries Reveal Who and What We Really Care About
Friday, May 22, 2020
Decades from now, historians will turn to obituaries to understand the pandemic.
What To Say When A Loved One Shares Pandemic Disinfo
Friday, May 15, 2020
Attempting to heal the harm caused by "Plandemic" and other conspiracy theories.
Mixed Messages in the Heartland
Friday, May 15, 2020
Communities in the American heartland are becoming coronavirus hotspots. But residents are being cut off from data that show how severe it's getting.
A Tale of Two Cities
Friday, May 15, 2020
There’s a literal playbook for communications during an epidemic. Seattle followed it. New York didn’t.
Are Online Courts Less Fair?
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Advocates for online courts cite efficiency — but at what cost?
In Memoriam: The Ad Revenue–Based Newspaper Business Model
Friday, May 08, 2020
A brief and spine-chilling history of the demise of a centuries-old business model.
Waiting For a Game-Changer
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
A silver bullet isn't coming — but the media and the public are running out of patience.
The Art of Disastertising
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Advertising used to be advertising. During the pandemic, it's become disastertising.
A Brief History of Timekeeping
Friday, April 24, 2020
Is it Sunday? Tuesday? Friday? What can we learn from our current time disorientation?
For Cities, Does Density Mean Coronavirus Destiny?
Friday, April 24, 2020
Instinctive anti-urbanism in coronavirus coverage has a long history in America.
A Model Scapegoat
Friday, April 17, 2020
What happens when scientific models are put through the spin machine?
Memory Hole
Friday, April 17, 2020
The president tries to obscure the truth with his bark — but the press is biting back.
Virtual Worship Is Older Than You Think
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The surprising historical roots of Zoom seders and mass.
The Hybrid Reality of No-Sports Sports TV
Friday, April 10, 2020
A look at the experimental, utterly bizarre state of sports.
