Swine flu vs. meningitis: What's your (editorial) choice?
The U.S. media are all over the swine flu outbreak. It started in Mexico, killed over 150 people there, and has been documented in…
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Monday morning…humor?
Unclear, and probably depends upon your personal affinity for irony and/or your admiration for George Orwell. But apparently there is a face-off happening between…
Read More"Oh, there they are!"
Two friends of mine from Rwanda recently got green cards and moved to New York City, where they stay with family. We took advantage…
Read MoreSave the Boston Globe
There’s a petition circulating to save the Boston Globe from closure. Anyone interested can find it here.
Read MoreHappy Earth Day, kill a tree
Or an acre of them. That’s what Glenn Beck did. Glenn Beck, for those of you who’ve been dodging reality for awhile, is the…
Read MoreNew Yorker in the dock, take II, or, How to accuse indigenous people of awful things (without really trying?)
How do you know if the truth is truly true? Yeah, you read that right. But first, a background note or two: Rhonda Shearer,…
Read MoreIt's never the women, is it? Always the pigs.
The New Yorker is in some hot water over Jared Diamond’s article last year,about Papua New Guinea. Diamond, you may recall, is a Pulitzer-…
Read MoreThe Peoples Pulitzers: What would YOU choose?
Think back on your favorite articles from last year. You know, back when banks were private entities, the dollar was worth more than the…
Read MorePulitzers Take II: Congo wins (sort of)
So I took my Pulitzer-day swipe at newspaper publishers yesterday, and today I am in slightly better humor and want to congratulate Lynn Nottage…
Read MoreOops.
An Oct. 19 article on songwriter John Bucchino incorrectly stated that he doesn’t read. The sentence should have said he doesn’t read music.
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