Interviews & Commentary

Interviews & Commentary features conversations, perspectives, and opinion pieces related to blogging and digital publishing. It highlights the voices behind the work, including bloggers, writers, editors, and industry participants.

The goal is thoughtful commentary that reflects the community and the evolving realities of publishing on the web.

I have interviewed 35 people who reconciled with a difficult parent right before the end, and almost none of them got an apology — what they got instead was smaller and somehow enough

If your grandfather’s watch could account for the years between the day he bought it and the day it stopped, almost all of it would be ordinary — which is exactly what made it a life

I have interviewed 45 people who became their parents’ caregivers, and the grief they carried wasn’t only for the parent fading — it was for the child still hoping to finally be taken care of

I have interviewed 30 people who stayed in unhappy marriages for decades, and the reason was rarely as simple as fear, money, or love

Amazon MGM Studios dropped a nearly finished film about Sam Altman after signing a $50 billion deal with OpenAI, and the official statement was that the movie would be better served by a different studio, which is one of the more transparent non-explanations a major corporation has issued in recent memory