freelance writer and editor
Freelance writer and editor; author of several books that go behind the scenes of the Disney Company, including Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World and Mouse Tales: A Behind the Ears Look at Disneyland
Shanghai Disneyland Opens, but Will the Chinese Come? Exported Disneylands have not always started out strong. Will the Magic Kingdom in Shanghai be a different story? The original Disneyland in Anaheim covers 100 acres. Disneyland in Shanghai spreads over 1000. It's the biggest Magic Kingdom of all, with 30 attractions -- more than half of which are original to the new location. David Koenig, author of five books about the Disney Company, including Mouse Tales: A Behind the Ears Look at Disneyland , gives us a preview.
Disney’s No-Fly Zone You’re probably familiar with the concept of the no-fly zone: It’s protected airspace over, say, sensitive military areas or the Kurdish areas of Iraq. But you might be surprised to learn there’s a no-fly zone over Disneyland in Anaheim, and one over Disney World in Florida. A lobbyist managed to get it to block banner advertising over the park. Is it an abuse of no-fly zones?
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?