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Real Journalism

I’ve been staying out of it. It’s futile, it’s frustrating and, as much as I love a good argument, they are too few and way too far in…

9h ago

Real Journalism

9h ago

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The Radical Middle

There is, seemingly, nothing that the far right and far left agree on. In fact the one sure thing that they clearly do agree on would get…

Feb 7, 2020

The Radical Middle

Feb 7, 2020

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Dog People

One of the great injustices in life is that the average human lifespan is so much longer than that of the average dog. For those of us who…

Dec 30, 2021

Dog People

Dec 30, 2021

Michael Althouse

The “Distant” Past

Some perspective:

Jun 13

The “Distant” Past

Jun 13

Michael Althouse

Finding Peace

There are a lot of things in life that used to really irritate me. They were typically things I did not understand and I would conflate…

Jun 7

Finding Peace

Jun 7

Michael Althouse

Bringing the World Closer

I don’t “rank” my friends. I do not have a best, a second best, third best, etc. friend nor do I have any “BFFs” (and, in the words of my…

May 30

Bringing the World Closer

May 30

Michael Althouse

Eighteen Years of Perspectives, Purpose & Opinion

In the fall of 2005, I was a junior at California State University, Sacramento. I was also 42 years-old and just one-year sober. My life up…

May 29

Eighteen Years of Perspectives, Purpose & Opinion

May 29

Michael Althouse

Celebration of life

Yesterday we celebrated my little brother’s life. It wasn’t a “memorial service,” it wasn’t a “funeral,” and “celebration of life,” like it…

Jan 28

Celebration of life

Jan 28

Michael Althouse

Obits in The Medium? Why not?

To say that The Medium has lost its luster, for me, is something of an understatement. And, no longer new in any real sense, its novelty…

Jan 6

Obits in The Medium? Why not?

Jan 6

Michael Althouse

All Bad Days

Six thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four days ago was a bad day. It was another in a long string of bad days that would continue for…

Apr 23, 2023

All Bad Days

Apr 23, 2023

Michael Althouse

Michael Althouse

Lecturer/professor of communication studies at California State University, Sacramento. www.michaelalthouse.com

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