David McGrath – Page 10

The biggest reputational risk Facebook and other social media companies had expected in 2020 was fake news surrounding the U.S. presidential election. Be it foreign or domestic in origin, the misinformation threat seemed familiar, perhaps even manageable. The novel coronavirus, however, has opened up an entirely different problem: the life-endangering consequences of supposed cures, misleading claims, snake-oil sales pitches and conspiracy theories about the outbreak.

Op-ed: Wait! Don’t share that COVID-19 link until you read this

February 3, 2021 at 4:47 p.m.

A friend asked if I thought COVID-19 was as bad as advertised. "In what way?" I said. Was he asking if it were as deadly? Or as widespread? My friend,...

If you're spending money on premium gasoline, save your cash. Experts say today's modern engines don't need it.

McGrath column: Forget about losing weight and exercising more — these resolutions will save you money!

December 30, 2020 at 7:16 p.m.

As we say good-bye and good riddance to 2020, the New Year gleams like a yellow brick road to better days. But the early going may prove steep because of...

Op-ed: A Christmas confession: Stretched and desperate, I broke the law to make my family’s holiday special

December 23, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

I could have been arrested. Or else fired. I can talk about it now since enough time has passed. I'm no lawyer, but the seven-year statute of limitations for theft...

Sometimes the best presents aren't those that come in wrapped packages, as columnist David McGrath witnessed one night.

McGrath: One small act of kindness becomes the gift of a lifetime for someone usually left on sidelines

December 23, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

"What does appetizer mean?" It's the kind of question that a parent of young children might expect to hear. But when it was asked by Joe, a 30-something unemployed sightless...

The perfect way to end a day without electronics is a martini, according to a friend of columnist David McGrath, who convinced him to give it a shot.

McGrath: Contrary to what you think, there WERE some reasons to be thankful in 2020

November 23, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.

Like the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving, Americans in 2020 can be grateful for just having survived. And though COVID-19 is the chief reason for this having been such a...

Commentary: The brave silence of a generation of veterans

November 10, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

Sifting through stacks of photos, I was searching for something relevant to post on Veterans Day, when I held up a black and white print of my late parents. It...

A person waves a Donald Trump flag among several campaign signs near a polling place in Vero Beach, Florida, on Oct. 23, 2020.

Commentary: The need for reconciliation on Nov. 4

October 30, 2020 at 5:45 p.m.

Just days away from the presidential election, I am recalling a Monday morning in August when I pedaled out of the garage for my daily bicycle ride and noticed a...

McGrath: Finding ways around the pandemic when it comes to travel opening up new horizons

October 13, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

Like so many others, I have cabin fever and am impatiently awaiting the first signal that it's sufficiently safe to travel. Of course, it won't be entirely so till vaccinations...

McGrath: This Labor Day let’s salute the American work ethic, something D.C. pols seem to dismiss

September 4, 2020 at 1:55 p.m.

Lawmakers who opposed resumption of the $600 stimulus payment for the unemployed because it provides a "disincentive" to find work showed how out of touch they are with the American...

McGrath: Going on vacation in your mind by conjuring up trips past not a bad way to escape COVID-19 lockdown

August 7, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.

It was summertime near Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I was covered by a musty quilt, clutching the toy bow-and-arrow I'd received for my birthday. My brother, Kenneth, and I were...

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