Dan Rather called me one of the “Top Anchors” of the Web. But he also sorta dissed me. Didn’t he?
Did Dan Rather just dis me?
Jason Cochran
Are Disney’s Magic Kingdom Google Maps images fake?
What’s the deal with these bird’s-eye photos of Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando? They appear on Google Maps when you click “Satellite.” They look fabricated. Why?
NY Travel Festival wants to rock the world (& I’ll be there)
On April 20, a new breed of travel show will make its inaugural appearance. It’s called the New York Travel Festival, and I’ll be speaking there along with some of the most cutting-edge names in travel and travel journalism.
Why ‘travel writing’ can cease to exist
The concept of “travel writing” is so limiting. Who wants to read about travel? That’s a personal process, and it often involves non–illuminating details such as taxicabs, tickets, and uncomfortable beds. If you drop the “travel” and are just a “writer,” you haven’t lost a yard of territory. You are still covering the whole planet.
The Modern Minstrels
We don’t need minstrel shows or vaudeville now. We have YouTube. Are Sweet Brown and Antoine Dodson the newest version of the old minstrel show?
Hatch Show Print in Nashville: iconic style, letter by letter [WATCH]
You may not know the name Hatch Show Print, but you know the style. Its block letters are visually synonymous with Nashville and country music history. I was lucky enough to be invited behind the scenes, and my video shows just how damn cool it is.
Congress demands answers on privacy from Disney: the letter
Today, Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger demanding answers about the new MyMagic+ “magic bands” RFID-based wristbands that are being implemented at the Orlando theme parks. “As a Co-Chairman of the Congressional Bi-partisan Privacy Caucus, I am deeply concerned that Disney’s proposal could potentially have a harmful impact on our… Read more »
Manzanar, where decent Americans were destroyed [WATCH]
The history of the United States could fairly viewed as a succession of excuses for not living up to its contractual obligations. All men were not created equal, according to the Declaration of Independence: Slaves were allowed. The Supreme Court said the Cherokees were a sovereign nation: The South took their land anyway. Every citizen… Read more »
How Ann B. Davis changed my life
The Ann B. Davis incident fertilized the soil of my skepticism. A new world had opened in me. I became a travel writer, a skeptic, and a storyteller. Thank you, Ann B. Davis.
Why I prefer books
Books are benevolent furniture. They are organic, and like wood, they give a room a certain vibration. I’m satisfied to read a few titles in their luminous, disposable form, but overall, I still prefer books because they become more luminous when they are not disposed of.