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December 2014

December 12, 2014

Spasms of Amateurism

Two articles on journalism today. From Forward, Neal Pollack's Welcome to The New Republic — Taylor Swift's Been...

December 03, 2014

Writers Who Say More Than They Can Say

Writers with some authority frequently say more than they can really say, and it's a...

November 2014

November 09, 2014

LifeNews & the Truth

Here's the headline from LifeNews: Wendy Davis Campaign Blames Massive Defeat on Ebola. Here's the lede:...

November 09, 2014

The NYTimes Misses the Point

Asked by the Times' public editor Margaret Sullivan, dealing with readers' objections that the newspaper is...

November 07, 2014

The Atlantic Feels the Urgency

The Atlantic says in its latest newsletter "Time for SCOTUS to Tackle Gay Marriage." Meaning: Do...

November 03, 2014

Jesus Sells

Which is probably a good thing. As reported by a Mother Jones writer, the trade...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Ben Bradlee to the PR Flack

"Get lost," is basically what he said. Here's a letter from the famous editor of...

October 28, 2014

Daniel Berger Didn’t Do His Homework

"Pope Francis made a significant rhetorical break with Catholic tradition Monday by declaring that the...

October 16, 2014

Limbaugh is Killing Conservative Talk Radio

Conservative talk radio is dying, Paul Kengor argues, and it's the hosts' fault. A professor...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Judging Israel

Driving back from a trip a couple of days ago, I was listening to one...