Raises & Terror
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we explain how to get the raise you deserve using the only appropriate method for today’s terror-ific world.
John Warner
Clueless in Academe: An Interview with Gerald Graff
Professors complain that each year’s batch of students are more clueless than the last, but could they be the ones in the dark? Our writer interviews author and academic Gerald Graff on who’s to blame for the failures in our classrooms.
Second Careers
When it’s time to change careers or face hardship in the workplace, many Americans ask, what would Jesus do? According to John Warner, most hockey players would prefer not to know.
Troubling New Events
Maybe it’s something to do with the harmonies, maybe it’s the way it just makes you feel good. You might not want to admit it, but your toes are definitely tapping.
The Columbia Letters
In 2001, the book “My First Presidentiary” came out, authored by Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner, and quickly became a best seller. A college student contacted the authors with a simple question. They responded with glee.
Branded for Life
Teenagers: They’ve got cell phones, credit cards, and brand identities. A review of Alissa Quart’s “Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers” finds a shared past not too dissimilar, and a terrifying prospect that may lie ahead of us all.
Mess With the Bull, You’ll Get the Horns
The hazing at Glenbrook North High School and that other story about disregard for journalistic propriety can find judgment in the college classroom.
Selections From My Most Wanted
The U.S. printed the 55 most-wanted Iraqis on a deck of cards to enable both easy apprehension and quick games of rummy. But its villains aren’t the only ones on the loose. John Warner deals a more personal hand.
Among the “Unsavvy”
Being published in the New Yorker has long been a fantasy for many writers, and the magazine’s recent change in the fiction chair appeared to offer more hope for the underpublished. Appearances, however, can be deceitful.
Man and the Lad Mag
Today’s man has some very real problems, and the magazines he’s reading may be a big reason why.