journalism

Real journalism has to answer to the market. Astro-journalism needs only wingnut welfare to survive. It is entirely a creation...

Violent rhetoric that is not confronted and put down inevitably escalates to actual violence. There is a history of this...

There are enormous long-term benefits in accepting the role of reporters as truth-tellers. There are also short-term costs.

By adopting his wife's voice, Barack Obama made himself a better speaker, and gave a better speech, than any President...

This is not a professional blog post. But if it helps you become a professional blogger, or a more professional...

All the lies of the Bush Administration -- the recount, the deficits, the wars, the torture, the corruption, the politicization...

The problem with newspapers is not the Internet. The problem with newspapers was owners who thought the market should give...

There were maybe a half-dozen tents in all, filled with these homeless people, in the shade of General Grant's tree.

Many Americans view the early 1960s as a golden age, one reason for the popularity of the TV show. While...

Imagine Atlanta layered on top of a Soviet-era street grid, filled with a young, teeming population of go-getters. This is...