Jim Borghesani

Cognoscenti contributor

Jim Borghesani is president of Primepoint Strategic Media. He began his career as a reporter at the Patriot Ledger and the Boston Business Journal.

Recently published

Art Garfunkel, left, and Paul Simon serenade an audience estimated close to one-half million in New York's Central Park at a free concert Sept. 19, 1981. (Nancy Kaye/AP)

The Enduring Beauty — And Relevance — Of Simon & Garfunkel’s 'America'

“I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why,” the male character says. Listening to the song in Trump-era America, writes Jim Borghesani, I felt that I knew why.

Cognoscenti

Sep 2, 2019

In this 2017 file photo, a San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency officer directs traffic in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

The Fuel Economy Standards Fiasco Is Classic Trump

Trump’s emission power play is in tatters, writes Jim Borghesani. In the new cabal of car makers and state officials, Trump is the odd man out.

Cognoscenti

Aug 23, 2019

Rene Aguilar and Jackie Flores pray at a makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (Andres Leighton/AP)

1 Political Party Has Ideas About How To Stop Mass Shootings. Will Democrats Meet The Moment?

President Trump and Vice President Pence immediately offered prayers for the dead and injured, writes Jim Borghesani. Neither offered any ideas to help stem such mass shootings.

Cognoscenti

Aug 6, 2019

James Angleton, former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's counterintelligence division, being questioned in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 1975, by Frank Church, (D-Idaho) chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Harvey Georges/AP)

Spying On Americans, Then And Now

Forty years ago, the Church Committee probed into widespread -- and illegal -- spying on Americans. A look at the evolution of the public and political responses to government intrusions...