I can't fault [Donald] Trump for firing [Craig] Deare. Then again, I also can't fault Deare for going berserk. Sometimes a marriage just doesn't work.

Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people and some tasks, that doesn’t matter. But for a lot of important work, it matters a lot.

The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.

Of course the system can be changed. Why would I bother spending 14 years of my life blogging if I didn't believe that?

The FBI released its report on [Hillary] Clinton's emails. It exonerated her almost completely, but a few days later Matt Lauer obliviously spent a full third of his interview with Clinton on the emails anyway. Lauer was widely pilloried for this.

Apparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.

Apple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then tough.