The World is Bent

"Do you feel what I feel? Bittering distress. Who decides what you express?"

The free speech brigade has shown its ass and we are seeing the death of the first amendment in real time. It's well past time to worry.

Sep 18 • 

Ross Gianfortune

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April 2024

"We're in a state of disarray united by our darkest days."

Kim Mulkey is using some very old methods to try and discredit the news industry. A lawsuit will not be one of them.

Apr 1, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

March 2024

"Never thought I’d be caught up in a world that's helpless."

Society is getting coarser. Yes, I partially blame the 45th president.

Mar 19, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

"In this lonely world, what a lovely curl."

The first in a three-part series on what a second Donald Trump administration is going to mean for future of the United States.

Mar 5, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

February 2024

"Village crumblеs to ground, Lava Man retreats."

Vice is no more. What, exactly, *was* Vice?

Feb 28, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

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"Go back to sleep and this is not gonna get better."

Polling is hardly an exact science, but that Taylor Swift/politics/Super Bowl conspiracy theory stuff is terrifying.

Feb 21, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

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"Burning light. Flashing back from the mirror sea."

The Messenger folded. It was anything but a surprise, but it still sucks for those laid off and for the future of the news industry.

Feb 13, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

January 2024

"Two hands, one thread - broken now, unwound."

No one loves a Trump-Biden rematch, but that's still reality.

Jan 29, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

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"A part of another cycle, it stills the air and swallows control."

The news media business is dying. We're all worse for it.

Jan 22, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

"They march, they hallow. His face a symbol."

Insurrection clause, schminsurrection clause. We should be talking about emoluments when we talk about Donald Trump's eligibility for office.

Jan 8, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

"Won't soul music change now that our souls have turned strange?"

What a year 2023 was.

Jan 1, 2024 • 

Ross Gianfortune

December 2023

"Turn around, head for the lights of town."

Sports organizations don't move away from cities because of crime. They move because they get more free money. It's the new trend in pubic stadium…

Dec 18, 2023 • 

Ross Gianfortune