Events that are worth a New York minute — and more
Here are two upcoming events that promise to be interesting and inspiring. If you’re in the City, come on by. If you’re not, tell…
Read MoreHere are two upcoming events that promise to be interesting and inspiring. If you’re in the City, come on by. If you’re not, tell…
Read MoreTim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two eminent photographers and journalists, were killed yesterday in Libya. I’d learned about Tim’s work from Glenna Gordon, whose…
Read MoreVia the indefatigable @blakehounshell, this amazing moment of journalistic honesty — in the URL, not the story. (Though the story’s pretty funny.) http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/utter-PR-fiction-but-people-love-this-shit-so-fuck-it-lets-just-print-it-2269573.html UPDATE:…
Read MoreIt’s been quiet here lately, as I work too much and then sleep it off. But here’s what’s been going on: I have a…
Read MoreIn this report from Uganda (slow down! 20 clicks a month!) we learn that: A man tried to steal a motorcycle in Kampala. A…
Read MoreSo as of March 28, my favorite past-time and yours (to judge from what I can infer of my readership) is about to get…
Read MoreTina Rosenberg trumpeted Cash on Delivery (CoD) in 1500 words in the New York Times recently, and I’m really confused about why. Here’s the…
Read MoreAmong the many talents of my friend Aaron Ernst is one for language. He recently translated tweets from a victim of the earthquake in…
Read MoreLots of folks have been outraged by the NYT coverage of a gang rape in Texas. The coverage veered often and unnecessarily into blame-the-victim…
Read MoreAt a small school in Pennsylvania, students staged a sit-in to protest the way their campus handles rape reports. This piece, from the Philadelphia…
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