1. How 10 Facebook Comments tell the story of Dexter Fowler, the Cardinals and America in 2017 - Spring Training started this week and with that we get more baseball stories (always love when Baseball comes back). This, however, is not really a baseball story. It's a story that touches on sports, family, politics, social media, and how we converse. The use of the Facebook comments to frame and push the story was unique, I thought. Worth a read.
2. I Ignored Trump News for a Week. Here's What I Learned and Pete Buttigieg for DNC Chair - I'm sort of cheating here with linking two stories, but after reading them, I think of them in tandem. The first, from the NY Times, hits on the black hole that is President Trump when it comes to media coverage. It seems more difficult to get stories about things, about state and local politics. As such, I think Buttigieg's comment during the DNC Chair debate the other night, about not forgetting about state and local matters (he was speaking to Democrats obviously, but I think it applies universally), was so well stated.
3. A free press: Democracy's first line of defense - an opinion piece on the importance of the press, written by Justice Massa, of the Indiana Supreme Court. Thought it was particularly timely and prescient considering news today of certain news organizations being blocked from attending a briefing (as well as the ongoing, and horrifying, references to the press as the "enemy of the American people").
4. How to Build an Autocracy - perhaps this is being guilty of being sucked into the media black hole that is President Trump, but this piece - the cover story of The Atlantic's March magazine issue, was just extremely well-written. And lest anyone think it is overly partisan (because everything is overly partisan these days, right?), its written by an individual who was the speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
5. Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds - another thoughtful piece from The New Yorker, which shares and discusses many stories that discuss this issue (spoiler - has to do with evolution). Of the many takeaways I had from the piece, the importance of asking questions in conversations (particularly political conversations) cannot be overstated. Getting people past their talking point narratives by making them explain why they thing what they think is likely the most effective way to change people's minds with facts (it should go without saying that we each must do this with our own thoughts and beliefs).
That's kind of a "top 5" of the past week. In addition to these, I read Minnesota Rag this week; the story surrounding the historical U.S. Supreme Court decision in Near v. Minnesota. In the case, the Court ruled that prior restraints on press publication were generally violative of the First Amendment. Enjoyable and informative read, though not great; but certainly timely in light of some of this week's interactions involving the Press.
As I frequently ask others at my work, what are you reading?
3. A free press: Democracy's first line of defense - an opinion piece on the importance of the press, written by Justice Massa, of the Indiana Supreme Court. Thought it was particularly timely and prescient considering news today of certain news organizations being blocked from attending a briefing (as well as the ongoing, and horrifying, references to the press as the "enemy of the American people").
4. How to Build an Autocracy - perhaps this is being guilty of being sucked into the media black hole that is President Trump, but this piece - the cover story of The Atlantic's March magazine issue, was just extremely well-written. And lest anyone think it is overly partisan (because everything is overly partisan these days, right?), its written by an individual who was the speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
5. Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds - another thoughtful piece from The New Yorker, which shares and discusses many stories that discuss this issue (spoiler - has to do with evolution). Of the many takeaways I had from the piece, the importance of asking questions in conversations (particularly political conversations) cannot be overstated. Getting people past their talking point narratives by making them explain why they thing what they think is likely the most effective way to change people's minds with facts (it should go without saying that we each must do this with our own thoughts and beliefs).
That's kind of a "top 5" of the past week. In addition to these, I read Minnesota Rag this week; the story surrounding the historical U.S. Supreme Court decision in Near v. Minnesota. In the case, the Court ruled that prior restraints on press publication were generally violative of the First Amendment. Enjoyable and informative read, though not great; but certainly timely in light of some of this week's interactions involving the Press.
As I frequently ask others at my work, what are you reading?
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