news Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/news/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:13:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 News and Beliefs https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/17/news-and-beliefs/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:57:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9579 As I watch the news, I’m struck by the subtle ways that prejudice is spread. Nobody notices, but our brains do. So we accept it,

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]]> Some Good in the Midst of Anguish https://smthingscount.com/2020/05/04/some-good-in-the-midst-of-anguish/ Mon, 04 May 2020 16:09:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9145 Although I’m deeply saddened by the daily news of even more people’s lives being taken by the coronavirus, I’m heartened by what is suddenly NOT

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]]> Did You Review that Review? https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/08/did-you-review-that-review/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 16:35:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6419 I’m sensitive about this because I come by all my reviews honestly, and a recent report by Chris Chmura of NBC Bay Area News Responds

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]]> Be Happier–Burn Your Newspaper https://smthingscount.com/2016/12/07/be-happier-burn-your-newspaper/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:52:11 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5366 News is bad for us, it seems.  It’s toxic to our bodies, causes us to make mistakes, inhibits our thinking, acts like a drug, kills

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]]> Do Bad Guys Need Razors? https://smthingscount.com/2016/11/02/do-bad-guys-need-razors/ Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:52:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5330 After watching the news for some time, I realize the motivation for men who commit crimes: they need money to buy a razor. Just look

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]]> The “Huh?” in My Morning News https://smthingscount.com/2016/03/23/the-huh-in-my-morning-news/ Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:01:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4681 Sometimes when I’m watching the morning news I just have to shake my head and say, “Huh?!”  Here are samples from just two weeks of

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]]> Controlling Guns, Respecting Rights https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/03/controlling-guns-respecting-rights/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:37:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4269 I’m tired of the gun-control debate!  This morning’s streaming news (scrolling across the bottom of the TV screen during the news broadcast) had nine headlines

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]]> That’s NEWS?! https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/26/thats-news/ Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:25:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4242 Is my definition of “news” outmoded, narrow, or what?  I saw a “news” item in one of those little boxes that Comcast uses on their

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]]> Not that Graphic https://smthingscount.com/2014/05/12/not-that-graphic/ Mon, 12 May 2014 21:07:08 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2765 Warning: What you’re about to see is graphic and can be disturbing. We often hear this warning on TV news.  Have you ever noticed, though, that

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]]> 4 Hours of News in 1 Hour https://smthingscount.com/2014/02/12/4-hours-of-news-in-1-hour/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:55:06 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2331 TV news is convenient but very frustrating.  We record four hour-long news programs in the morning so we can catch up on world, national, and

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