Boomer Says
Columns and reaction pieces from the house voice.
I Don’t Remember Asking for Any of This
A look at how “progress” keeps arriving uninvited.
If It Worked Yesterday, That Should Have Been Enough
A quiet review of how stability became optional.
A Receipt Does Not Need to Ask Me How the Experience Felt
Boomer supports service. Boomer does not support a paper slip trying to recruit him into reflection while the milk is warming in the trunk.
If the Dishwasher Needs Firmware, the Dishwasher Has Forgotten the Deal
Boomer remains unconvinced that a plate-cleaning machine must maintain a software lifecycle in order to respect the dinner hour.
This Porch Did Not Need a Content Strategy. It Needed Two Chairs and a Fan.
Some spaces become good through use, not planning. A porch is one of them, which is why so many modern porches now look like they were briefed instead of lived in.
If the Menu Needs a Consultant, the Soup Is Already in Trouble
Boomer has one kitchen rule that works in every zip code: if the menu is overmanaged, the food is trying to apologize for itself before it reaches the table.
Boomer on the record
Short takes from the house voice when the room needs one clean line.
Boomer Says: if the menu needs a consultant, the soup is already in trouble
Boomer on lunch, management language, and the decline of an honest menu.
Boomer Says: this porch did not need a content strategy, it needed two chairs and a fan
Boomer on porches, overplanning, and the danger of staging ordinary life too hard.
Boomer Says is the opinion house line with spillover into the rest of the map
The franchise belongs to Opinion, but the column voice keeps wandering into Culture and News whenever one clean sentence can summarize the room.
Opinion
Sharp essays, clean arguments, and a house style that favors clarity over spin.
Culture
Culture coverage on what people watch, buy, copy, and call personal preference.
News
Developing stories, policy fallout, and the language leaders use when trust is thin.
Common Sense
A recurring franchise for practical objections, useful design criticism, and plainspoken civic impatience.
Screenshots
Dispatches from group chats, neighborhood feeds, civic live threads, and the screenshot formats where modern behavior leaves a record.
The homepage voice resolves into a real franchise
Boomer Says and Common Sense Bulletin now read as related house formats instead of one-off front-page color.
Boomer Says
The house line continues on its own franchise hub under Opinion, with columns that branch into Culture and Common Sense themes.
Common Sense Bulletin
Short practical notices and recurring straight-line takes housed inside the Common Sense franchise.