Richard Wexler

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Reformed journalist, author, exec. director, Nat'l Coalition for Child Protection Reform Follow @NCCPR for childwelfare tweets Views here don't represent NCCPR
Richard WexlerApr 24, 2025
Of all our trips to Portugal, our favorite moment came one year ago tonight. We’d timed the trip so we’d be in Lisbon in time to see the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which, on April 24, 1974, overthrew a decades-long dictatorship. Here’s a 90 second sample of the celebration concert finale, from a nation that still appreciates its relatively new democracy: https://www.youtube.com/live/sKxfTtbm6zw?t=6378s
Uma Ideia de Futuro | Concerto celebrativo dos 50 anos do 25 de Abril

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Richard WexlerMar 19, 2025
Good God, will *nothing* stop The New York Times from wallowing in false equivalence? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/democrats-elon-musk-tim-walz-trump-administration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.eJk1.rj_CCwAFZYOx&smid=url-share
Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook

The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.”

The New York Times
Richard WexlerDec 8, 2024
This brilliant, must-read essay by Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker explains everything other elite media don't understand about the response to the shooting of the #unitedhealthcare CEO: “Thompson’s murder is one symptom of the American appetite for violence; his line of work is another.” https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-the-murder-of-the-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-means-to-america
What the Murder of the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Means to America

Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan; some Americans cheered. What does that tell us? Jia Tolentino reports.

The New Yorker
Richard WexlerDec 7, 2024
On my personal blog: @GayleKing said she was "stunned" by the way many on social media responded to the death of the #UnitedHealthcare CEO. @nytimes reporters opted for condescension. No wonder elite media are accused of being "out of touch." https://richardwexler.medium.com/some-of-us-have-been-really-surprised-that-some-elite-journalists-have-been-really-surprised-at-a08e3281145c
Some of us have been really surprised that some elite journalists “have been really surprised” at the response to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

We all know the cliché: The elite mainstream media is out of touch. It’s a tired generalization — but it got a little harder to argue with it this week. After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was…

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Richard WexlerNov 16, 2024
My review of the very good Iberian answer to "The Bridge": The Drought/Sequia/Crimes Submersos from @rtppt & @rtve Streaming in US on @Walter_USA via @PBS Masterpiece https://richardwexler.medium.com/borderline-crime-the-drought-the-iberian-version-of-the-bridge-adds-family-drama-and-a-bit-5679c8154507
Borderline Crime: “The Drought,” the Iberian version of “The Bridge,” adds family drama and a bit of warmth

I suspect that sooner or later every pair of countries with a common border is going to have a television series in which a body is found on or near the border and police from the two nations have to…

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Richard WexlerNov 1, 2024
15 former opinion writers for The Minnesota StarTribune, most of them former members of the editorial board, protest paper’s refusal to endorse – by writing the editorial the newspaper should have written. Star-Tribune refuses to publish it, so @STOpinionAlumni post it online:
https://postforteam.micro.blog/
Star Tribune Opinion Alumni - Star Tribune Opinion Alumni

Richard WexlerFeb 25, 2024
My review of two very good German series set during and after the Wall: “#BerlinWall” (#PreisderFreiheit – Price of Freedom) from ZDF streaming on Walter Presents / PBS Masterpiece. And its de facto sequel “#DividedWeStand” (#ZERVZeitderAbrechnung” – ZERV: Time of Reckoning) from ARD streaming on MHzChoice https://richardwexler.medium.com/a-german-television-drama-and-its-de-facto-sequel-look-at-life-before-during-and-after-the-wall-5f1af9e878b7
A German television drama, and its de facto sequel, look at life before, during and after the wall

Before the review, a plea: These are great series — they’re also damn complicated, especially if you are neither German nor a student of recent German history. If not for Wikipedia, YouTube, the…

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Richard WexlerNov 16, 2023
For any who might find it of interest: After several updates at various points in this post, I’ve done what, in the days of newspapers, was known as a “write through” – smoothing it out and bringing it all up to date. Not much is new, mostly it’s additional examples a little more context and, I hope, clarity. https://richardwexler.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-some-people-i-wanted-to-think-of-as-friends-76f51341bf63 #Israel #Palestine #Gaza
Richard WexlerOct 31, 2023
From Celia Wexler's latest column for CNN Opinion: "[The Synod] operated more like a focus group, as the 365 voting members, two-thirds of whom had to approve each section of the final report, gathered at small circular tables, pondered questions from facilitators, listened and discussed." https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/opinions/catholic-church-pope-francis-synod-women-lgbtq-wexler/index.html
Richard WexlerOct 22, 2023
On my personal blog: An open letter to some people I wanted to think of as friends. It starts with a question: The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has pledged unwavering solidarity with the Palestinians, condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza, called for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid — AND condemned Hamas. Why do you find that last part so hard? https://richardwexler.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-some-people-i-wanted-to-think-of-as-friends-76f51341bf63 #israel #palestine #gaza