by Tom Morgan | Jul 31, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
A lot of folks grumble and growl and punch the air when they see commentary they dislike on tv. Others scrunch the editorial page into a ball. And swear they will never read that rag again. Maybe you are one of them? Well, I have been a rare and lucky guy. I got to...
by Tom Morgan | Jul 24, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Why is it that politicians love to mess around with your food and drink? Give them an opportunity and they will find a hundred ways to tell you what and where you can eat and drink. The virus pandemic has opened the flood gates for them. Governors and mayors have...
by Tom Morgan | Jul 10, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Death and despair. A friend leafed through her family photo album for me. “Here’s my cousin Herbie. He got murdered. And this is Uncle Fred. He got himself killed. Sam here is in prison. Shelly got hooked on drugs. I think she’s a hooker nowadays.” My friend grew up...
by Tom Morgan | Jul 3, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Let us consider a practical solution. Inspired by holy monks. In case you have not noticed, the sensitive among us wallow in cancel-culture stuff these days. They topple statues that offend them. Or scrub names of presidents from buildings. They re-name colleges. They...
by Tom Morgan | Jun 26, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Hating America is in fashion these days. As if you did not know. Fuel for the hatred comes in the form of sins. Sins the early Americans committed. They belittled women. They savaged the natives. And they owned slaves. As early as 1619. That was when an English...
by Tom Morgan | Jun 19, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Many years ago black Americans dared not speak out. They were afraid to demonstrate. They were afraid to write letters to their newspapers. Or stick signs of protest on their lawns. Or voice opinions at work. Even popular black entertainers and athletes did not speak...
by Tom Morgan | Jun 12, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Everywhere we turn these days somebody is trying to shut up or shut down somebody else. Because they don’t like what that somebody else says or writes. Lately reporters at the New York Times revolted. Because the op-ed page ran an article they did not like. By a US...
by Tom Morgan | Jun 5, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
The mess in Minneapolis and the riots that followed beg many questions. Did the riots, looting, setting buildings on fire, beatings and murder of innocents have anything to do with the tragic death of George Floyd? Or were they simply thugs taking advantage of the...
by Tom Morgan | May 29, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Tis early days, but what have we learned from the virus crisis? One thing is that we don’t know what we don’t know. And we are often not certain about what we think we do know. For instance, we don’t know whether we should tell people to stay home, inside. Or should...
by Tom Morgan | May 22, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Many visiting Europeans are stunned by the huge number of derelict and otherwise empty buildings we have. They ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Most of our cities show signs of manufacturing blight. Especially northern and rust-belt cities. In this state, a city does not...