Towers of Babel

Towers of Babel

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It's been a while. So here's a quick update & an invitation...
Sep 21, 2023 • 
Alan Mairson

April 2023

Rise of the Journalist Priest
Who decides what’s interesting?
Apr 26, 2023 • 
Alan Mairson

January 2023

When you’re a TV news anchor…
… everything must seem like a TV show.
Jan 7, 2023 • 
Alan Mairson

November 2022

"Look at me (and my gun). Please!"
Mass murder and the plague of narrative narcissism
Nov 23, 2022 • 
Alan Mairson
Coliseum of Chaos
If the "boring quotient" remains our dominant metric, then we're in a heap of trouble.
Nov 21, 2022 • 
Alan Mairson

May 2022

Hahahahahahaha
Can humor really be a force for change?
May 11, 2022 • 
Alan Mairson
Jon Stewart's "naive worldview"
The comedian has an epiphany about humor, politics, and power.
May 11, 2022 • 
Alan Mairson
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January 2022

"False gods and shoddy goods"
The dark side of narrative, continued
Jan 22, 2022 • 
Alan Mairson

December 2021

The isolating stench of "story spew"
Are you less lonely yet?
Dec 28, 2021 • 
Alan Mairson
Running from history doesn't work
If money talks, then the Euro tells us there's no escaping the past.
Dec 17, 2021 • 
Alan Mairson
Ingathering of the exiles
It's a story that has changed hearts and minds. But where is this story going?
Dec 14, 2021 • 
Alan Mairson
"Tell us your story..."
To which a reasonable person might reply: Why?
Dec 3, 2021 • 
Alan Mairson
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