Michael Marek

The chaos at Twitter following Elon Musk's acquisition has settled down.  Millions of people have left the platform, but hundreds of mil...

I've been thinking a lot about leadership lately.  I think about it a lot in connection with some volunteer work I do and in connection ...

The resurgence of COVID-19 in the form of the Delta Variant means people are returning to mask wear, and vaccinations are ramping up.  But t...

I've been podcasting for some time now and listening to  podcasts for a lot longer.  There are some great podcasts out there but also so...

There's been a lot of talk recently about free speech, but a lot of people have a very superficial understanding of what "free spee...

Update: Although this post was written a while back, people are still finding it and reading it. I have updated it here and there to reflect...

With the election of Joe Biden as president, we are about to see an abrupt change in direction in the policies of the US leadership in Washi...

I wrote this originally in 2016, but in the Trump era, it became even more important to know how to judge what is actually journalistic ...

Before the premiere of Star Trek Discovery season 3, pretty much every article about the series was saying words to the effect of "the ...

Note: I wrote this in October 2020, well before the January 6, 2021 riot and so-called insurrection in the US Capitol building. Trump's ...

The president violated every lesson in crisis communication when he downplayed the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. H...

The term "fake news" has been thrown  around constantly in recent years. But legally and constitutionally, people have the right t...

The lines are drawn for the November election propaganda blitz.  Both campaigns have their messaging in full swing.  But much of the politic...

All over the place right now we hear name-calling and ad hominem attacks (attacks on who the people are, as opposed to the policies they sup...

Since I announced my retirement, I have heard from people, particularly former students, who I haven't had contact with for years.  It h...

We've heard accusations for years about the alleged bias of the "liberal news media." Professional journalists are trained t...

CBS has announced that Star Trek Lower Decks premiers August 6th.  The first animated Star Trek series since the 1970s is also the first T...

On the occasion of my retirement, I have been thinking back over the past 16 years. I have been the radio station advisor and Radio Work...

I am today formally announcing that I am retiring and will not be teaching at Wayne State College this fall, at least not as a regular fac...

I haven't blogged for a while, because a lot has been going on. My school suspended face-to-face classes in March and required all te...