About Rob Tornoe
Rob Tornoe is a writer and cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and various other outlets. He also writes about the media for Editor & Publisher.
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Unlike me, my doctor is popular, so it’s impossible to get a physical unless I schedule four months in advance. This makes... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree I recently attended a memorial service for a longtime acquaintance who was renowned as one of those “if... More
It’s been fascinating to watch Elon Musk and his destructive dweebs aim their sledgehammers at Social Security. I almost wish they’d screw... More
My wife Amy purchased a gift card for our daughter at Sephora, the large retailer of beauty products, but all she got... More
St. Patrick’s Day couldn’t come soon enough this year. Half the country is giddy as the Trump administration undoes our reckless spending... More
I write this from my hotel room, a two-minute walk from the Colosseum. My trip to Rome has been planned for months,... More
Have you heard the phrase doomscrolling? That's when folks mindlessly consume negative news on their phone without lifting a finger to do... More
Making Sense by Michael Reagan President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress this week – one of the longest to... More
For the lucky few of us who grew up during the 1950s in Southern California, the non-stop coverage of the massive wildfire... More
When your old professor asks you to perform a bit from “Julius Caesar” in front of his fourth graders, you start to... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “If you could read my mind, love/What a tale my thoughts could tell.” – Gordon Lightfoot Apparently, my... More
It was political theatre of the surreal, the person who attempted to engineer the destruction of democracy shamelessly taunting the individual who... More
I traveled to Israel in 2019, inspired by Seth M. Siegel’s Let There Be Water — a book so compelling it turned me... More
If you think that people are disagreeable these days about politics and culture, you can’t imagine how heated people got when I... More
I was talking to a friend the other day about another friend, who has been going through a difficult period ever since... More
The idea that Donald Trump is going to shut the post office down is another one of those internet rumors generated by... More
The U.S. government is undergoing mass layoffs that threaten many sectors previously taken for granted by taxpayers, including air safety, disease prevention,... More
Making Sense by Michael Reagan Since when did bureaucrats become a victim class? The answer to that one is easy – as... More
In addition to Jeff Bezos’ worst sin – gutting The Washington Post’s journalistic mission in order to suckle at Trump’s teat –... More
The clock is ticking. If Congress fails to act, the average American household will see their tax bill jump by over $3,000... More