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Author: Kevin Donahue
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The announcement that Facebook would be turning its back on news organizations made me a bit nostalgic. I remembered, as managing editor for MensHealth.com, being the person who set up our Facebook page. We didn’t have social media editors then. We barely had “social media.” I haven’t looked back to what year exactly it was,…
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Asbury Park’s Anthony Wright and Mark Murray have made a home for themselves at the University of Delaware, as basketball stars.
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I’m always curious how others use their phones and what they value enough to have it available on the home screen. With that in mind, I’ll show you mine, along with some brief explanation. I’m curious to see yours. I have an iPhone 7 Plus. The top row is about 3 miles from the bottom of…
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I’m no expert on Haiti. I’ve been there twice in the past four years, for a total of two weeks. But two weeks is more than most folks, and it’s enough to form an impression. And enough to refute our president. Because when President Trump reportedly called Haiti, El Salvador and most of Africa “shithole…
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A lot of people I knew were aware that Rodale was being acquired by Hearst and were curious how I’d be impacted. Short version, I’ll be departing, with an end date of March 10. I wasn’t alone—more than one-third of the company’s employees received similar news, and that had the effect of muting a lot of…
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The last few years my Audible listening had been dominated by big book series—J.K. Rowlings’ Harry Potter and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones). I didn’t have any such book series this year, but the year was dominated by two things: Our trip to Italy, which spurred an interest…
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I. The truth, it’s said, is that boxers Don’t know when to quit. That they refuse to leave the ring until they are hollow shells Of themselves, shuffling ghosts Chasing ghosts chasing them— Except there’s a deeper truth, that you and I are boxers, too, called from our short stool by a bell: That we…
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This week, Rev. Lee Paczulla at my church was talking about a popular development metaphor: that people need roots and wings. It refers to our need to be both grounded and aflight. “A wise woman once said to me that there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of…
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We decided on our family trip to Italy more than a year, and have been actively planning it for 6 months, so it was kinda surprising just how surprising the trip was. We weren’t prepared for just how much we’d find in Rome, the Cinque Terra, Venice, Tuscany and Florence. Here’s what we saw, with…
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My dad died 7 years ago today. What I wrote three years ago still stands — gosh, he would have enjoyed the hell out of his grandkids, who they are and who they’re becoming. I imagine he’d sit around the kitchen table with Pete, talking about the ins and outs of the casino business, and Kelly pulling…
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I heard this evening that the stay has been lifted on deporting the families who have been held at the Berks County Residential Center for the past year and a half. This is the letter I sent to Gov. Wolf, who apparently has the power to close the facility and free the families. If you…
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Jason Isbell is one of my bellwethers. He sings the things I’m feeling before I can put them in words. Take, for instance, his new single “Hope the High Road.” It’s my new theme song. And not just because I enjoy just about everything the former Drive-By Trucker has done the past four years. No,…
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