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BEST CURRENT LINKS ON BOSTON
My cell phone, here on the West Coast, is mistakenly linked to Northeastern University‘s alert system. During the Boston Marathon, and again this morning, I received warning texts before I knew anything had happened. I have family in Cambridge, … Continue reading
Partisan Daily Ebook Now Available on Kindle!
I’ve put together some of my favorite essays from Partisan Daily (and my one attempt at a political cartoon), and made the complilation available as an e-book on Kindle. If you don’t have a Kindle, because you are sure they … Continue reading
Click Here to ‘Like’ Your Privacy, Part 3
Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You by Lois Beckett ProPublica, March 7, 2013. Data companies are scooping up enormous amounts of information about almost every American. They sell information about whether you’re pregnant or divorced or … Continue reading
Mitt Proposes Different Debate Club Rules
October 10, 2012 Mitt is lucky. In his debate performance he was held to some odd standard, seemingly universally agreed upon by pundits beforehand, that looking smooth and using forceful diction mattered most. This was the Likeability portion of the … Continue reading
Update: Libya
What’s Happening in Libya: A Guide to the Best Coverage ProPublica, Sept. 12, 2012 Here’s the best reporting we’ve found not only on yesterday’s killings but also on post-war Libya. What are we missing? Please leave your favorite stories in … Continue reading
Mitt Romney…Confessed Tax Criminal?
An interesting theory is circulating about why Mitt Romney won’t release any more tax returns: in 2009, after his failed Presidential bid of 2008, he took a one-time government amnesty available to approximately 4,000 Americans with secret Swiss bank accounts. Slate … Continue reading
Who Is Paul Ryan? A Reading Guide
ProPublica, Aug. 15, 2012, 1:21 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was first published Aug. 11, 2012. It was corrected Aug. 12 and updated with new material Aug. 15. We’ve had several days to get to know Rep. Paul Ryan on the campaign … Continue reading
Partisan Daily Book Review: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS by Cheryl Strayed
When writing is your passion, all else takes the shape of words, of the pattern of fingers on a keyboard. Like a pianist composing music, coaxing the right composition from the tapping of keys is a lifelong work. In a glut of storytellers with marginal writing skills, … Continue reading
Pearls in the Filter
Do you ever clean out filters in your house? Maybe a fish tank, or air filter or vacuum cleaner filter? Part of blog housekeeping is deleting comments that get sidelined as possible spam. They are uniformly weird, unrelated to the … Continue reading
Happy Graduation! Welcome to the Most Depressing Student Loan Journalism Out There!
by Blair Hickman ProPublica, May 18, 2012 Outstanding student loans now top $1 trillion, more than the nation’s credit-card debt. We rounded up some of the best explanatory and accountability journalism on student debt. We’re also reporting on student debt … Continue reading
