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Thanks for stopping by. As the title suggests, Some Things Considered will consider, well, some things. For one thing, we have a limited budget—in fact, we have no budget—and we simply don’t have the resources to consider all things like the crew at NPR.
As people might guess, Some Things Considered has no affiliation with NPR. It does not subscribe to their worldview, nor do we adhere to their monotony (vocally speaking). We are a discussion among friends, a conversation around the dinner table.
Perhaps you are wondering—like we are—why people over the last few years have become so damn mean or why we must conform for conformity’s sake. Other questions we are considering are what has become of America, the dream of the world we grew up in. Yet other considerations are what happened to education, the arts, science, sports and entertainment, journalism—or sanity, for that matter.
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Curtice Mang is the author of four books on topics ranging from political humor and satire to sports trivia (basketball and football). He is a graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in political science and has had a lengthy career in the insurance industry. He is also a former high school basketball coach.
Curtice has contributed to numerous online political and current events publications and currently writes almost daily on Substack (curticemang.substack.com). He strongly believes that humor is a must for getting through life and he’s always grateful to the politicians and many other public figures who provide an almost endless supply of material.
Jennifer Meadows is a graduate of Millsaps College with a degree in English/Sociology. Her background is in sales, project management, and media. She has experience in political organizing from the grassroots and later in talk radio as a media personality on Philadelphia’s WNJC 1360, and a contributor for a nationally syndicated program. A poet at heart, Jennifer is a lover of history and Southern culture, as well as a captivating storyteller.
Richard Moore’s writing and essays have appeared in more than two dozen national and regional publications, including The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Charleston Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and more.
Richard is the author of Journeys of Lightheartedness, a Kirkus Reviews recommended book; The New Bossism of the American Left; and the forthcoming Edisto: A Story of Sea island Survival. He is the senior investigative reporter for The Lakeland Times and a five-time investigative reporter of the year by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.
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