Massachusetts Primary Day arrives on September 1, 2020. The Democratic ballot has a 2-way race for the U.S. Senate and a 9-way race for a U.S. House district, and Joseph P. Kennedy III is the reason for both races. Among my friends who follow … [Read more]
Thinking About Disabling Blog Comments
I remember when commenting was a feature at the bottom of every newspaper and media website article. Initially, anyone could add a comment without a profile. That led to vulgarity and incivility, which in turn began moderation with publishers … [Read more]
Symptoms of Infection
The #1 symptom of COVID-19 infection, evident in about 88% of patients, is a fever over 100.4 (F) degrees. This is usually accompanied with a dry cough and fatigue. Less common symptoms, according to the WHO, include body aches and pains, nasal … [Read more]
Why I Deleted 52,000+ Tweets
My first tweet from @ariherzog was on September 30, 2009 but I can't link to it because it's not there. It's probably accessible in the Wayback Machine or from archived search engine crawls -- but it's erased from Twitter's servers. (I initially … [Read more]
Heroes are Always Heroes
Ask a child for his or her favorite hero and you're likely to hear Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Black Panther, the Hulk, Elsa, Leia, or Harry Potter. Maybe someone else. Ask an adult for his or her favorite hero and you're likely to hear … [Read more]
Blogging Every Day
This is the 1,526th blog post since May 2007. Granted, some of those were written by other people who contributed guest posts. The vast majority are mine. Suffice to say, I like blogging. I appreciate that the pandemic arrived to inspire me to … [Read more]
