Rich Manieri
Bribing your way into college. It would have been a way around my rather pedestrian exam scores. I do wonder what would have become of me had I attended, say Harvard or Stanford. I dream...
The U. Senate failed to pass a bill that would require health care professionals to provide life-saving medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion. Yet, all but three Senate Democrats - Bob Casey Jr...
It's a terrible story. Justin "Jussie" Smollett, a black, gay actor, told police that he was attacked by two racist Trump supporters on a Chicago street Jan...
We are seeing, in real time, what happens when you get your medical advice from YouTube. It should surprise no one that the outbreaks are occurring in areas with high concentrations of unimmunized children...
What with Virginia Gov. It’s the confirmation hearing for Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the D. Court of Appeals. She’s currently head of U...
Just when I was convinced that Republicans and Democrats in Congress couldn't order a pizza without a six-month debate, there's this. Consider this statement: "Even as we are a nation of immigrants, we are also a nation of laws...
"We don't report rumors. We had received information - which turned out to be unfounded - regarding some salacious stories about a local politician. What has changed in two decades?..
I never thought I would have to apologize for this but here goes. And not just any salad. It had two kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, olives, and those little red and yellow peppers, served in a hand-carved salad bowl...
Let's play a game. I like to call it, "Name that Socialist. Who said this? When this country started, we were not a capitalist [nation], we did not operate on a capitalist economy. Incorrect, however. Wrong again...
I am on record as a staunch supporter of Christmas. If you're not familiar, Festivus was created by "Seinfeld" character Frank Costanza. Thus, back by lukewarm demand, I give you my apolitical list of grievances, in ascending order, for 2018...
The Satanists have their statue. A local group of Satanists decided that it needed to counteract the Nativity scene that also stands in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas season...
Some things look worse over time - bread, milk, my hairline. But time and history (and the media) are kinder and more forgiving to one specific group of individuals than they are to anyone else on the planet - former Republican presidents....
Full Archive
- 03/14/2019 College Cheating Scandal Reveals Bad Parenting at its Worst
- 02/28/2019 The Politics of Infanticide
- 02/21/2019 Fake Hate Crimes, False Narratives
- 02/13/2019 Anti-Vaxxers are a Threat to All of Us
- 02/06/2019 No Apology Necessary From Trump Nominee
- 01/30/2019 Republicans and Democrats Really Do Agree on Immigration
- 01/23/2019 Journalism’s Credibility Takes Yet Another Hit
- 01/16/2019 These Are the Salad Days
- 01/09/2019 Guess Who’s the Socialist
- 12/19/2018 The Airing of Grievances
- 12/12/2018 Why the Pushback Against Christmas?
- 12/06/2018 The Media’s Revisionist History of Republican Presidents
- 11/29/2018 ‘Bah Humbug’ to Social Media Trolls
- 11/21/2018 From the Ashes, a Lesson in Love and Empathy
- 11/14/2018 CNN vs President Trump: They’re Both Wrong
- 11/07/2018 Another Election Has Come and Gone. Now What?
- 10/31/2018 Maybe We Should Try Listening, For a Change
- 10/25/2018 Democrats Rediscover a Losing Formula
- 10/18/2018 A Civics Test to Graduate High School? Absolutely
- 10/10/2018 The Selfie Destruction of Our Country
- 10/03/2018 The Democrats’ Real Problem With Kavanaugh
- 09/26/2018 So Much For ‘Getting It Right’
- 09/19/2018 Of Course Democrats Are Playing Politics on Kavanaugh Nomination
Rich Manieri is a journalism professor at Asbury University in Kentucky. He spent some 30 years as a television and print journalist, speech writer, government spokesman, communications consultant, essayist and columnist. Rich’s first book, “We Burn on Friday: A Memoir of My Father and Me,” was published in 2015. He has won both Associated Press and Emmy awards for television news reporting as well as a Keystone Award in Pennsylvania for column writing.
Column Archive
- 03/14/2019 College Cheating Scandal Reveals Bad Parenting at its Worst
- 02/28/2019 The Politics of Infanticide
- 02/21/2019 Fake Hate Crimes, False Narratives
- 02/13/2019 Anti-Vaxxers are a Threat to All of Us
- 02/06/2019 No Apology Necessary From Trump Nominee
- 01/30/2019 Republicans and Democrats Really Do Agree on Immigration
- 01/23/2019 Journalism’s Credibility Takes Yet Another Hit
- 01/16/2019 These Are the Salad Days
- 01/09/2019 Guess Who’s the Socialist
- 12/19/2018 The Airing of Grievances
- 12/12/2018 Why the Pushback Against Christmas?
- 12/06/2018 The Media’s Revisionist History of Republican Presidents
- 11/29/2018 ‘Bah Humbug’ to Social Media Trolls
- 11/21/2018 From the Ashes, a Lesson in Love and Empathy
- 11/14/2018 CNN vs President Trump: They’re Both Wrong
- 11/07/2018 Another Election Has Come and Gone. Now What?
- 10/31/2018 Maybe We Should Try Listening, For a Change
- 10/25/2018 Democrats Rediscover a Losing Formula
- 10/18/2018 A Civics Test to Graduate High School? Absolutely
- 10/10/2018 The Selfie Destruction of Our Country