Blind spots.
The AP quotes one of the pilots of the NWA flight that overshot its destination by 150 miles: “We were not asleep; we were not having an argument; we were...
Category: journalism
Opportunists and demagogues both trade in real events and real emotions.
They wouldn’t be called opportunists if they weren’t exploiting a real opportunity. Rick Perlstein via TPM: So the birthers, the anti-tax tea-partie...
journamalism
I should know better than to respond to a post on BoingBoing. When it veers into politics, it’s too often fluffernutter. But this post, by a guest blogger...
dry humor
Chris Beam: No doubt the new political appointees can handle the job. Roos, as CEO of a global, technology-focused law firm, understands trade issues likely to ...
swarmy
OG responds to my open email to NPR’s Morning Edition on their misuse of the Dow Jones Industrial Average: You suggest that the DJIA is not relevant to un...
“You will have no choice but to protect my killers”
The BBC World Service had actor Bill Nighy read a final article by the murdered Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga. It’s incredible.