Robert Cohen

I've always been influenced by the work of Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. To my surprise, and frankly delight, two were side-by-side at the Sheldon Museum of Art today in Lincoln, Neb.

According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

Most Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need to For a new report released Wednesday, the Pew Research Center surveyed 3,560 U.S. adults in December 2025 about their relationship to the news and how they perceive its value in everyday life. The stud...

If this surprises you then you haven’t been paying attention to the past 20 years. This isn’t about the demise of perceived left or right leaning news outlets. It’s about a perceived 1A right that doesn’t exist. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/most...

33rd Annual Pet Parade in Soulard. #mardigras

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry

“Across Mr. Trump’s administration, racist images and slogans have become common on official sites. The White House, Labor Department and Homeland Security Department have all promoted social media posts that echo white supremacist messaging.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society

St. Louis promised apartments for tornado victims by winter. It didn't make it. It's a rough start for one of the city’s first programs aimed at housing tornado survivors as they wait for broader rebuilding.

90 apts were promised. Only 30 were delivered.

www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?

Nothing will launch them from that train.

Time has pretty much run out on Anselm Kiefer's 'Becoming the Sea' at the St. Louis Art Museum, which closes Sunday. A couple dapper visitors looked over the sculpture hall last night. This one has been a treat.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE.

📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Social media CAN be magic. It just performed a good service as the community helped to find a lost dog. Have a good week all!

Twitter crashed. The day is looking up.

This morning's suggestion.

St. Louis water costs are soaring, rates not keeping up, officials say www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... via @ahuguelet

Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”

Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”

They haven’t.

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z

Nice that someone stops at that intersection at all.

How one man fed St. Louis from a street corner after the tornado After the May tornado, he found his purpose by feeding his neighbors. "Without Larry, I wouldn’t eat."

How one man fed St. Louis from a street corner after the tornado, via Liz Rymarev www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.

"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

@charlotteclymer.bsky.social is spot on:

“It's 2025, and we're sharing bootlegs of a “60 Minutes” segment broadcast in other countries because our own nation is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers.”

When newsroom leadership is tied into ppl of power, coverage is tainted.

I’ve seen this firsthand at local media in my old newsrooms.

Maybe it starts w/ an editor cutting a line from a story or saying “x isn’t newsworthy enough.”

That thinking quickly becomes embedded. Death by a thousand cuts

CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.

CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story

Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration

60M's ⁦‪Sharyn Alfonsi‬⁩ said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage

My NPR story

www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...

I'm so thoroughly confused.

Oh wow! I was fortunate to follow the church's final weeks back in 2005 for the newspaper. We did a big story back then. I remember seeing the transformation into the ad agency before that owner got in trouble.

Is it no longer an ad agency?

This is about 1/4 of the line at the STL County building for tax payments. Got in line online, given a 2 hour wait, then texted to window 18 to pay, finding another huge line. Workers say it's a temporary glitch but there's paper on the wall indicating it's not new.

2025: 1/3 of a Year in Pictures

After exiting daily journalism in April after 38 years at 4 newspapers, this year's installment of 'A Year in Pictures' is a bit stunted, mixing news photos with those later found on the road. www.kodacohen.com/14089033-202...

If you walked into the voting booth and put a fucking check mark next to "Donald J. Trump" for President, you cannot fucking say "I didn't vote for this". YES YOU DID. You checked the box, you posted the memes, you owned the libs, and now we are all being rewarded for your hatred and racism. Thanks.