Apologies–mine, and otherwise
Oh, so many apologies. * First, to my few but devoted commenters–commentors? how is it spelled? this new internet age!–whose wonderful thoughts I’ve let…
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News from the south
South of the U.S., that is. Check out this incredible story about immigration that my friend Megan Feldman reported for the Dallas Observer: El…
Read MoreI’m really concerned about whether Angelina Jolie birthed those twins or not
No, I’m not. I just wanted to test that out and see how it feels. It feels as stupid as this little blip from…
Read More“After disasters and death tolls, world moves on”
It sounds like me being glib, using my unending cynicism to make a point, but that’s a real, it-ran-in-papers-and-on-the-web headline from the Associated Press….
Read MoreDeath knells and news
It’s lame to just link, but I can’t help it. Some of you–like the ones who try to make a living the way I…
Read MoreThere are only so many ways to say something
Earlier this week, I went through recording after recording from Sierra Leone–interviews with forced wives, and with women who suffered every denigrating crime even…
Read MoreHearing the human, or, Why Marc Lacey is my hero
There’ve been a lot of articles about the rising price of food around the world and what it means for everything from the death…
Read MoreGetting right speech right
I’m pretty sure I waxed rhapsodic in my graduate school essay about the importance of telling people’s stories. Stories were the one thing in…
Read MoreThis just in: Michael Jackson to continue to be just fine
That’s right, folks: “Jackson Lawyer: Neverland Ranch Saved.” I found it via the trusty NYT, where only a sex scandal could get the Obama-Clinton…
Read MoreForgive us our tresspasses, when we admit them with humor…
From a correction posted to a Feb. 18, 2008, NYT Story, “Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location”: “An article in some editions…
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