Molière Citations Awards Celebration to Michael Goodwin Journalistic Excellence

https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/opinion/michael-goodwin-pelleys-anti-trump-commencement-speech-was-a-public-spectacle-filled-with-nonsense/ An Award to celebrate Michael Goodwin Journalistic Excellence. With style and grace (and a hearty sense of humor) Michael Goodwin brings sanity and realism to the public.  Michael brings the best turn of phrase we’ve seen in a while, too, when he referred to the Scott Pelley commencement speech as “more of the same …

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https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5397210/biden-trump-election-original-sin-book Original Sin Biden Book Controversy NPR’s Michel Martin interviewed Democratic strategist David Axelrod on May 14, 2025, discussing the book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. Axelrod described the book’s allegations as “troubling,” emphasizing the seriousness of claims that the …

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Kroger is under fire after a probe revealed the grocery giant charged customers up to 60% more than advertised prices. This isn’t a tech glitch — it’s a deliberate pricing strategy.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/milwaukee-county-judge-dugan-indicted-in-immigration-obstruction-case/  Judge Hannah Dugan indicted! It’s not often that a federal grand jury hands up an indictment of a sitting judge.  And there’s little doubt in this case that disputes will arise over both facts and procedures.  For good or ill, journalistic standards (especially satirical ones) do not include a requirement to prove “beyond a …

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https://www.thefp.com/p/why-my-generation-is-giving-up-on With a tip of the hat to reporter Maya Sulkin, the coveted Molière Celebration is awarded to Zosha and Whitaker Lyons, Generation Z exemplars. This 20-something couple gives us hope for the future.  Not content to join the whiners of the entitled class, Zosha and Whitaker have chosen to flee the society of money …

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Have you ever flipped through your social media feed and thought, What on Earth is happening here? One minute, you’re scrolling past dance challenges, and the next, you’re caught in a whirlwind of celebrity feuds, reality TV craziness, and hot takes on every trending issue. It’s a lot to process. But if Molière, the 17th-century …

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Have you noticed how today’s world feels like one big show? With TikTok challenges, celebrity feuds, and viral memes, it’s hard not to equate our lives to an ongoing, drama-filled performance. Now imagine if Molière, the 17th-century playwright and satirical genius, were alive today. His sharp wit and knack for revealing society’s absurdity would thrive …

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Political nonsense. It’s as old as governance itself, yet just as relevant in today’s cultural conversations. Wading through the mud of grand speeches and convoluted rhetoric, it can leave us exhausted, begging to return to some common sense.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5382391/gorilla-100-men-viral-debate We don’t know who came up with this crass “news” story or the underlying concept of “man vs. primate,” but it’s unworthy of our civilization at least — and soul-less at worst. Who really cares about the hypothetical 100 men vs gorilla debate?  There are so many negative and destructive elements here, it’s hard …

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https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-5dfa1da145689e7951a181e2253ab349 “Visa wants to give artificial intelligence ‘agents’ your credit card” ” Visa announced Wednesday it is partnering with a group of leading AI chatbot developers — among them U.S. companies Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI and Perplexity, and France’s Mistral — to connect their AI systems to Visa’s payments network. Visa is also working with IBM, …

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