Craig Calcaterra

Will the New York Times’ Trump tax bombshell break the MAGA fever?

A bombshell report reveals that Trump is a financial fraud and is probably a tax cheat. Will it matter?

The future is about power. Nothing else.

There is nothing that can be done to prevent Trump from appointing a new justice. But there is something that can be done after that. If Democrats have the guts to do it. It’s all about power.

Media, Pandemic Diary, Politics

The Pandemic Diary: Woodward and Trump

Irony defined: Bob Woodward’s final major act on the public stage could very well be one in which he argues that, when it came to tapes incriminating the President of the United States, it was the right thing to conceal them rather than to release them.

Books, Entertainment, Media, Personal, Sports, Writing

“Medallion Status” and waking up from a comfortable sleep

This is a book review. And more.

Business, Media, Personal, Sports, Writing

Announcing: Cup of Coffee

I am launching a new daily newsletter that will give you a quick, entertaining, and informative one-stop daily baseball briefing before you have your first cup of coffee.

Business, Media, Personal, Sports, Writing

I got laid off, y’all

As most people know by now, earlier this week NBCUniversal launched a massive round of layoffs that are expected to affect 10% of the company’s 35,000 full-time staffers. The cuts are coming from across the board and include the broadcast networks it operates, Universal Studios and the Universal Studios theme parks, and its digital properties. […]

Media, Pandemic Diary, Politics, Science

“How the pandemic defeated America”

A must-read piece in The Atlantic thoroughly and comprehensively explains all of the ways in which America has failed.

General, Pandemic Diary

The Pandemic Diary: July 22

Between February 10, 2020 and May 27, 2020, I kept a daily diary chronicling my thoughts, impressions, fears, anxieties, and outrages in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. It ended up being over 120,000 words worth of personal therapy for me but I stopped updating it once doing so ceased to be therapeutic and, instead, began […]

Pandemic Diary

The Pandemic Diary: July 20

Will there ever be a thorough cataloging of our nation’s failure? Also, Great Moments in Baseball Compartmentalization and massive anxiety about school.