Pinch Hitting for Journalism in the Ninth
Being a journalist is a lot like playing baseball. ...
The Reader Becomes the Writer in Chicago
Some people love to deride the plight of newspapers. In case you're unaware, the outlook is not so good. One question often asked in the age of dropping papers and reporters is: Who will cover local politics if no one is paid to do so? ...
Glenn Beck, by Glenn Beck
The annual TIME 100 is a place where famous people get to write about how other famous people are famous. Sometimes, they even write about each other. ...
It's a Small Globe After All
Back when people read newspapers, The Boston Globe was a titan. Even as recent as 10 years ago, the Globe had more than a half-million daily readers, easily holding its title as the largest paper in New England. ...
Three Great Suggestions for Supreme Court Replacements
Like the swine flu, the recession and Somali pirate attacks, David Souter's plan to leave the Supreme Court in June is probably surprising to the White House. Barack Obama now faces another test, this one of ultimate political might. ...
Obama and Fox Play Seventh-Grade Pranks
You may have missed how Barack Obama took questions at his Wednesday night press conference from every major news network except one -- Fox. ...
'End' the University System? Not Likely.
Mark Taylor's destroy-the-university piece has remained atop the New York Times's most-popular list since it ran Wednesday. Theoretically, this means that the Columbia professor's education reform ideas are catching wind among readers (although I've seen cookie recipes top this list before). ...
Why Would a 'Craigslist Killer' Be a PR Nightmare for a School?
Two interesting things happened when Philip Markoff was arrested last week for the so-called Craigslist killing of a masseuse in a Boston hotel. The first was that the public became more intrigued by the online classifieds website that had been used by the victim for advertising her massages. ...
Sky-High Tuition: Where All That Money's Going
This year, Boston University raised its price tag to more than $50,000 a year, with all costs included. That's about $10,000 more than what it was when I agreed to go there four years ago, and it's now one of the priciest schools in the country. ...
Why Do Americans Oppose the Release of Information?
In a new Washington Post poll, most Americans approve of Barack Obama's performance during his first 100 days in office.But although the Post led its Sunday story with that finding, another response in the survey about the recently released torture memos is considerably more newsworthy. Apparently, 44 percent of the public disapproves of Obama's decision to release secret documents from the Bush administration detailing the interrogation of terrorism suspects. Fifty-three percent approved.That key question also revealed a deep partisan divide, with three-quarters of Democrats backing the ...
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