Dan Gillmor

1986 photo of Wendell Berry For several years as a correspondent for the Kansas City Times in the mid-1980s, I explored the enormous area we called “rural America” — a collection of places, as varied as you could imagine and only distantly related to comm…

Cross-posted from my Cornerstone of Democracy newsletter… On January 20, 2025, one of the supremely dangerous people in American history will re-occupy the White House, reclaiming all of the awesome powers of the presidency.

A few days ago, Dave Winer, one of the true pioneers of the Internet age, marked the beginning of his fourth decade of blogging.

Topics in the latest edition of my “Cornerstone of democracy” newsletter — a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) — include: — Trump/Vance, beyond cynical — Corruption the norm in Trump world — Attacking truth tellers — War’s

There goes the NY Times again, downplaying the reality of what Trump/Vance stand for.

Topics in the latest edition of my “Cornerstone of democracy” newsletter — a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) — include: — Best debate commentary — Real fact-checking — Texas city’s war on women (and anyone who helps the…

This first appeared in my “Cornerstone of Democracy” newsletter.

Topics in the latest edition of my “Cornerstone of democracy” newsletter — a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) — include: — Dems find their spines — Trump world corruption — Age matters — Musk loves Trump — Musk hates free

Topics in the latest edition of my “Cornerstone of democracy” newsletter — a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) — include: — Convention coda — Did someone mention climate?

Topics in the current edition of my “Cornerstone of democracy” newsletter — a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) — include: — the speech — what “conservative” means — price gouging — political “sugar high” or not — kudos to