Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
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Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
The Story I Could Not Tell Until Now: Me, My Brain, and Some Kind of Monster
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
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The Story I Could Not Tell Until Now: Me, My Brain, and Some Kind of Monster
Send us a text This is the story of how a lifelong Metallica fan, a SPECT brain scan, and fifty years of family misunderstanding collided into one overdue revelation. From learning guitar because of Metallica to Ferris Buellering my way into the Ozzfest media pit, to watching James Hetfield walk into rehab in Some Kind of Monster and realizing even the strongest guy in the room can ask for help. That documentary cracked something open in me. It made me think maybe I could stop pretending ever...
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
