Being American is bad for your health
February 4, 2013
“Americans are sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy nations.”
Marty Kaplan
Marty Kaplan holds the Norman Lear Chair at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. His Jewish Journal columns have won First Place in the Southern California Journalism Awards six times in the past six years. Reach him at martyk@jewishjournal.com
Opinion: The Post-Kumbaya President
January 21, 2013
Four years ago, while Democrats danced at inaugural balls, Reps. Cantor and Ryan dined at The Caucus Room, a Capitol Hill steakhouse, along with other top Republicans, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy, and Sens. Jim DeMint, John Kyl and Tom Coburn.
The future of technology: Fear of fun
January 9, 2013
Some day not all that far in the future, a new kind of entertainment is going to be perfected that will either be the coolest video game ever or the media equivalent of a lethal man-made super-virus.
Fear of fun
December 30, 2012
Some day not all that far in the future, a new kind of entertainment is going to be perfected that will either be the coolest video game ever, or the media equivalent of a lethal man-made super-virus.
Sandy Hook, Sandy and the politics of learned helplessness
December 16, 2012
\”We have got to get Michelle to make this her priority.\”
Two, three, many Grover Norquists
November 28, 2012
So Grover Norquist turns out to be a colossus with feet of clay.
GOP smart on copyright for 24 hours
November 19, 2012
They threw Derek Khanna under the bus. On Friday afternoon, the Republican Study Committee – the House caucus that promulgates right-wing orthodoxy – posted on its website a startling policy brief about copyright law.
Marty Kaplan: My Chris Christie hypocrisy
November 5, 2012
I was against Chris Christie before I was before him. If Obama wins, when all the exit polling gets sorted through, it’s those images of the Democratic president touring the hurricane damage arm-in-arm with the Republican governor that may turn out to have given him his advantage.
What do (suburban) women want?
October 18, 2012
If you watched any of the debates on CNN, you saw two worms at the bottom of your screen. Well, they looked to me like worms, or maybe caterpillars, scrunching and stretching throughout the 90 minutes.
Marty Kaplan: How to lose the next debate
October 4, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, when I wrote a “Romney Wins First Debate” column, I didn’t think I was going out on a limb. Obama’s re-election was looking increasingly likely, but audiences don’t show up to watch paint dry.
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