“We all judge people on their looks. Some of us are just more honest about it.” When Andy Bodle puts a woman on a pedestal for her beauty, the results are predictable.
The Psychic and the Drunk
April 30, 2013 By 1 Comment
In the age of Facebook, a casually told tale can live forever. What are the implications of speaking ill of the living?
Cool Deed of the Day: The Chicago Tribune Bought the Boston Globe Lunch (PHOTO)
April 23, 2013 By 1 Comment
We all know the Globe had a rough week. The Tribune decided to do something nice about it.
Final Reflections on the Week That Was
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Liam Day offers his final thoughts on last week’s terrible events and our responsibility to not just remember them, but to understand them in all their complexity.
GMP Editor Robert Duffer in the Toronto Globe and Mail
March 8, 2013 By 3 Comments
Our Dads & Families editor is the go-to guy for good information on changing parenting roles.
Jon Hotchkiss Does Actual Research On Guns
January 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
On a topic dominated by myths, one journalist set out in search of definite facts.
Toy Soldiers, Real Guns
December 18, 2012 By 6 Comments
Poet Robert Peake asks us to look at war, nihilism and love to start the healing.
What Is Good Journalism?
November 3, 2012 By 5 Comments
Using the U.S. Benghazi embassy attack as an example, Eric Sentell reveals the “echo chamber” effect in partisan journalism.
Beautiful Liars
October 9, 2012 By 4 Comments
Carl Pettit wishes politicians would stop insulting his intelligence, and put more effort into their lies.
Sex Is the Word
September 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Online news reports compete for our clicks with entertainment. Are we less well informed than ever?
Writing Outside the (Idiot) Box
August 31, 2012 By 8 Comments
Dream of churning out laughs for the Hollywood machine? Do it from home, counsels Greg White, who finds freedom writing for anything but TV.
Trust Me, I’m Lying: Interview With Ryan Holiday
August 5, 2012 By 6 Comments
Media guru Ryan Holiday exploits the chinks inherent in the armor of the news-gathering process, and the fourth estate fights back. Chuck Ross interviews a self-admitted media manipulator.
Racist Writings: Should Derbyshire and Weigel Be Fired?
April 7, 2012 By 60 Comments
Joanna Schroeder wonders to what degree a publication is responsible for the reprehensible behavior of its writers.
Whitney Houston’s Life Gave Him a Wife and Two Children
February 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
“A reminder of how the yin and yang is infinitely present in everything.”
The Employment Opportunity: Part Six
November 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
Hitting a brick wall, S. Grady Barrett wonders whether or not he made the right decision in leaving a lucrative career as a software consultant to become a writer.
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”