Commentaries Archive


NC Should Charge for Search and Rescue

Posted July 11, 2023 By Triad Today
logo on the door of a North Carolina Search and Rescue Task Force vehicle

There are lots of reasons to live in and be proud of the Triad. New jobs are springing up every day. We’re blessed with a number of universities and community colleges. We have a myriad of great bars and restaurants, and there are several professional sports teams to root for. Healthcare is accessible, and crisis […]


Triad Gamblers Betting In (On) Danville

Posted June 27, 2023 By Triad Today
An aerial photo of the new temporary casino being built in Danville Virginia

There are lots of reasons to live in and be proud of the Triad. New jobs are springing up every day. We’re blessed with a number of universities and community colleges. We have a myriad of great bars and restaurants, and there are several professional sports teams to root for. Healthcare is accessible, and crisis […]


Disney v. DeSantis: ‘A Strange World

Posted June 20, 2023 By Triad Today
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida

Generally speaking, I don’t like to label people, but Florida Governor Rick DeSantis seems hell-bent on wanting to be called a homophobe. His “Don’t Say Gay” law, which was enacted in March, hasn’t just angered the LGBTQ community, it has also struck fear into the hearts and minds of teachers who dare not expose their […]


Catching Up with Dick Wolf

Posted June 13, 2023 By Triad Today
Television producer Dick Wolf

Growing up watching TV variety shows, I often wondered how the jugglers could keep so many balls in the air at one time. Today I wonder the same thing about my friend Dick Wolf who has nine hour-long dramas on the air every week. No other writer/producer in the history of television has ever come […]


DWI Death Should be a Federal Crime

Posted June 6, 2023 By Triad Today
A gavel with a drunk driving report

Last month Samantha Hutchinson, a 38-year-old bride from Charlotte, and her new husband Aric were leaving their wedding reception in a golf cart, when 25-year-old Jamie Komoroski drove her car into the newlyweds, killing Samantha. The Charleston, South Carolina coroner determined that Samantha died of blunt force injuries. Meanwhile, the Folly Beach police found that […]


TV Town Halls a Waste of Time?

Posted May 30, 2023 By Triad Today
CNN logo

In defending his network’s recently televised town hall with Donald Trump, CNN CEO Chris Licht said that the event made “a lot of news.” Unfortunately, the big news about CNN’s town hall is that it was an unmitigated disaster. Moderator Kaitlin Collins, a seasoned Washington correspondent, did the best she could to fact-check Trump’s rapid-fire […]


Proehl Fundraiser Set for June 8

Posted May 23, 2023 By Triad Today
former NFL player and philanthropist Ricky Proehl

During his 17-year NFL career, Ricky Proehl was one of the most respected wide receivers in the game. He was also one of the most successful, with two Super Bowl rings to show for it. Today he is one of the Triad’s most respected entrepreneurs and philanthropists, first for creating Proehlific Park, and second for […]


Remembering Newton Minow: TV Advocate

Posted May 16, 2023 By Triad Today
former FCC chairman Newton Minow in 2006

This fall will mark the 20th anniversary of Triad Today, a weekly public affairs program which airs on ABC 45 and My48. There are a lot of folks to thank for the longevity of Triad Today but were it not for the efforts of one man, those TV stations wouldn’t have even been able to broadcast my program. That […]


Jerry Springer: Pioneer or Pariah?

Posted May 9, 2023 By Triad Today
Television personality Jerry Springer in 2011

Philo Farnsworth is widely considered to be the principal inventor of television. He was not only a genius, he was also a visionary, and he shared that vision with his wife Pam one afternoon in 1926, while the couple was driving up the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco. In his book, “The Last […]


FOX Settles, But What’s the Point?

Posted May 1, 2023 By Triad Today
The logos of Dominion Voting and Fox News tilted against each other

As both a print journalist and a broadcaster, I am compelled to comment on the recently resolved defamation suit involving Dominion Voting Systems and FOX. To recap, Dominion filed suit against FOX for broadcasting numerous lies about the integrity and accuracy of DVS tabulations during the 2020 Presidential election. Though Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump […]

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