Libraries in Liberia!
Well, law libraries anyway. Yesterday, Glenna Gordon and I went to what we’re pretty sure is all of them — there are four, actually,…
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The 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 MoreEditorial Choices I, or, "Gawker, will you feel even a little bad if someone DOES blow up the AIG building?"
Probably even my African readers have a good idea of how much populism is being stirred in American right now by just saying the…
Read MoreHey, journalists, here's an idea…
I really have to just start another journalism blog, so those of you who are here for Africa don’t have to wade through this….
Read More"You're totally wrong," or, how I can single-handedly diagnose and save all of journalism
Here’s a description of what one new media guru (who’s actually kind of an old dude, so take hard, Old Guard of a Dying…
Read MoreThe price of truth
This piece comes to me via Lara J. Nettelfield, a professor at Simon Fraser University in Canada. It’s the story of one man trying…
Read MoreToo much Times on her hands
What in the name of all things holy and profane is going on in that most precious of printed real estate, Maureen Dowd’s column…
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 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…
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