Lori Falce stories, Page 8
Lori Falce: Chatting with ChatGPT opens eyes on AI, journalism
The impact of artificial intelligence is a hot topic. Everyone wants to know what AI means for their industry and their jobs — including journalists. We all know that innovation is amazing. It helped us reach the stars and travel the globe. It lets you play amazingly detailed games on...
Lori Falce: Is the law one size fits all or not?
Covering court gives you a unique perspective on how the criminal justice system works. More specifically, it gives real insight on how it does work versus how it should work. Those might seem like the same thing. They are not. It’s a topic that is getting a lot of attention...
Lori Falce: In the game of life, we keep swinging and missing when it comes to gun violence
I wanted to write about the Pittsburgh Pirates today. That was the plan. I was going to take the opportunity to poke the management of the hometown team with a sharp stick as we prepare to embark on what I predict now, at the end of March, will be yet...
Lori Falce: Is it too late to limit TikTok?
It seemed so innocent at first. I downloaded an app. It was the thing all the kids were using, and it was raising a lot of questions in parenting circles. Was it OK for tweens? Was it dangerous? Should it be limited? Should it be nixed entirely? I’m not a...
Lori Falce: St. Patrick’s Day and the legacy of Ireland
Ireland has given the world a lot. There’s whiskey, which is probably enough of a reason for many to celebrate all on its own. But it also was an Irishman who was credited with introducing to Europe the idea of hot chocolate. For Catholics, there’s the sacrament of confession, which...
Lori Falce: The problem with the word woke
I hate the word woke. Let’s be clear. This is not a conservative hatred of an agenda. It is not a liberal hatred of the right’s reaction to that perceived agenda. It is, however, a loathing that exists on a number of levels. Allow me to explain. First — and...
Lori Falce: National divorce? Marjorie Taylor Greene has it all wrong
One of my favorite movies as a kid was “The Parent Trap.” Not the Lindsay Lohan one — although that was good, too. No, I was a fan of the old-school Hayley Mills version that came out when my mom was a kid. I found it doubly entertaining because my...
Lori Falce: Next train disaster is inevitable
The terrifying thing about East Palestine’s train derailment and the spill of chemicals into land and water and air isn’t just the twisted wreckage or the flames or the absolute pillar of black smoke that rose from it all. It isn’t the social media videos speculating about dangerous residue in...
Lori Falce: Why can’t Hollywood find real fat people?
I love Brendan Fraser. Throughout the 1990s, I loved him in good movies like “School Ties” and “Gods and Monsters.” I loved him in bad movies like “Encino Man” and “Dudley Do-Right.” I flat out adored him in “The Mummy.” And so I was thrilled with the resurgence of his...
Lori Falce: Politics, tribalism and cheering for the Philadelphia Eagles
This is one of those times when it’s really hard to practice what I preach. Politically, I am all about middle ground and doing what’s in the common good. When it comes to sports, I am the radical fringe that doesn’t just want to win. I want to wage war...
Lori Falce: Bad actions hurt good police and all communities
Tyre Nichols was 29 years old the day he was stopped by police officers in Memphis. Body cam videos released by the police department showed an agonizingly long process that led to his death. He was dragged from his vehicle. He was beaten and Tased and pepper-sprayed. He broke free...
Lori Falce: The impossible mission of classified documents
Perhaps I have been misled by a lifetime of movies and television. I have always been under the impression that top secret documents were kind of hard to access. Maybe I didn’t think you needed to drop down from a harness like Tom Cruise in “Mission Impossible” to access a...
Lori Falce: We all need a little help with our bootstraps
My bootstraps have gotten a solid workout over my life. That’s impressive if only because I rarely wear boots. As a rule, I wear flat black dress shoes with bottoms far too slick for Pennsylvania snow or rain. They have frequently led more to spectacular falls than impressive rises. But...
Eggflation: How to work around the high price of eggs
Eggs are expensive. They shouldn’t be. Traditionally, eggs are one of the most affordable sources of protein available. In 2018, the average price of a dozen large eggs in Pennsylvania was about $1.50. On sale or at the right store, you could get them for just 99 cents. That means...
Lori Falce: Why are college girls victims of violence?
College girls and homicide shouldn’t go together the way that they do. Maybe we should blame serial killer Ted Bundy for the way murderers and coeds have become so linked in the American consciousness. Maybe we should blame slasher flicks that make sorority houses and dorm rooms the location of...
Lori Falce: Whataboutism and the pain competition
Whataboutism got a lot of attention during the past few elections. It’s the tendency for someone to deflect the question about one thing with a counter about something else. Ask a politician about a sex scandal, get a return query about why his opponent did another shady thing — whether...
Lori Falce: What do you want in 2023?
Many of our New Year traditions are not, despite our well wishes, about happiness. Well, not on its own. We want to be happy, of course. But, when we are cracking open a new calendar, we are shrugging off a different truism. On Jan. 1, we embrace the idea that...
Lori Falce: The beautiful perfection of an imperfect Christmas
I don’t love Christmas the way I did when I was kid. As a child, everything about the season was a holly, jolly marathon of music and lights. It stretched out for weeks and weeks in a candy-striped scavenger hunt of glee. It started the Saturday after Thanksgiving when we...
Lori Falce: Are we ready for killer robots?
I am OK with robots. Hey, I’m a product of my time. I grew up with R2-D2 and C3PO. My siblings and I were just sharing pictures of Johnny 5 from “Short Circuit” in our chat group this week. I married a sci-fi nerd who adored the various metal monsters...
Lori Falce: Do we really understand gaslighting?
Gaslighting is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. When I heard this, it set my teeth on edge. I certainly understood the reasoning. The dictionary’s website saw a 1,740% increase in people checking out the definition in 2022 alone, but its use has exploded over the past four years. “Gaslighting” is...
Easy homemade treats are sweet dreams for holidays
How do you put those visions of sugarplums dancing in your family’s heads when you are pulled in a hundred different directions? You want the holiday you had as a kid — all special moments, amazing smells and once-a-year bites. But now you know that your mom making that happen...
Lori Falce: I want to vote for Jimmy Stewart
When you ask people what they think we need in government, you can get a wide variety of answers. We need more conservatives. We need more liberals. More progressives. More hardliners. More Christians. More business people. More people with experience. Fewer millionaires. More “real” people. There is no shortage of...
Lori Falce: This holiday season, let us all be heroes against hate
This column runs on Fridays, which means that on the day after Thanksgiving, it generally runs toward traditions and holidays. I have used it to talk about Black Friday shopping with my husband, my love of turning leftovers into soup and the Christmas cards I want to mail but never...
Lori Falce: Is crypto the MLM of dudes?
My friends and I were talking about the collapse of FTX — the cryptocurrency trading firm that suddenly declared bankruptcy last week. It was a scandal that might have been of epic proportions if not overshadowed by things like the U.S. election vote counting and developments in the war in...
1 shopping list, 3 different quick, comforting fall dinners
There are some foods that just scream fall — and it isn’t simply a pumpkin spice latte or apple cider. Summertime cooking can be about adventure, fun and keeping cool. We grill in the backyard. We dive face first into giant icy watermelon. We mix up substantial cold salads rather...
