Why we need newspapers: They stand against tyranny
In the 1960s and 70s, Central and South America were rife with dictatorships which used secret police, the military, right-wing death squads and tight control of the media to quash dissent and keep...
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Amazon reports that Kindle Books outsold real books on Christmas day (and Mashable shows why that’s just PR smoke and mirrors).An argument for schools to stop blocking social networking sites.Crime...
View ArticleNow, Writing is for Extroverts Too
When my wife proposed writing a novel together last year, I was initially resistant but not for the most obvious reasons. I wasn’t worried about our ability to work together. I wasn’t even worried...
View ArticleThe Saturday Rumpus Essay: Female President? TV Says “Definitely, Maybe.”
If you’re looking for commentary on the coming presidential campaign, television has plenty of it. I’m not talking about the babbling bobbleheads that blather and snark across the alphabet ethersphere...
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