Random(ish) thoughts

B. Jay Cooper
3 min readFeb 25, 2021

Since January 20, I find:

It takes way less time to read the newspaper. During the Trump years, I’d start The Washington Post and an hour later not yet be done with the first section. Today I whisk though it. I’ve always, and still do, love newspapers. But I think this development is a good one.

I spend far less time on Twitter

It’s been weeks since I’ve blurted out, “did you hear what he just said? Idiot!”

When I started this blog, I intended to write about various topics of interest to me — grandkids, language, and…

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B. Jay Cooper

Former deputy White House press secretary (Reagan and Bush 41) and former head of communications at Republican Natl Committee. My blog: bjaycooper.com.