Category: Scoop
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The Press Club of Southwest Florida has always been powered by volunteers. Every luncheon, every scholarship, every Newsmaker event, every opportunity to bring journalists and the public together begins with members who are willing to step forward and help. Today, I’m asking a few more members to do exactly that. As the club continues to…
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“Do you have your toothbrush packed?” The chairman of The Washington Post Company, Don Graham, asked me. The idea of going to jail had never crossed my mind. But there I was on a call with Graham, the company attorney, and my boss in Miami. A judge in Broward County had ordered WPLG to reveal…
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One hundred and fifty-two years ago, the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York was established as a summer educational program for Methodist Sunday school teachers. Over the years the institution has developed into a world-renown retreat for scholars and artists to explore, discuss and dialogue about important and current topics. Each week of the nine-week…
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Perhaps you’ve seen or read about this spring’s college graduates booing their commencement speakers. New York Times columnist Molly Jong-Fast writes that the frustration with some commencement speakers reflects anxiety about the economic future. Today’s recent graduates have reason to be concerned. Speakers focus on artificial intelligence boosterism. Graduates already know A.I.’s growth is inevitable. Yet…
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The Wicked Witch of the West sees Dorothy and her companions as a threat. So she unleashes her army of flying monkeys. The monkeys do not question orders. They do not examine evidence. They do not decide who is right or wrong. They simply carry out the wishes of whoever commands them. That is what…
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Ken Regele was a photojournalist for the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. His wartime photography captured many of the seminal events during the war. His work captured the essence of the Normandy Invasion as well as other combat venues. Regele’s photos also captured the liberation of a concentration camp and the Nuremberg…
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Living and working in Washington, D.C., was special. As a young VP of News 40 years ago, one of my favorite things to do was visit the Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials at night. I would take a visiting job candidate there after dinner. We’d walk over to the Vietnam Memorial Wall first. It seemed that…
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Sparker’s Soapbox has released Vote Smart Collier County: A Nonpartisan Guide for Collier County Voters, which provides factual, nonpartisan information about how local, state, and federal government are structured and how Florida’s election system operates. As Collier County continues to attract new residents from across the country, many voters arrive unfamiliar with how government is structured here…
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One can imagine what it must be like for a political party when the realization finally sinks in, that moment when it’s clear its actions fail to meet the promised expectations. It’s like a huckster realizing the mark isn’t buying the con. Worse still, it’s when the audience knew it was being played long before…