What happens to the oil skimmed off the Gulf of Mexico: Some will go into cars, some will be buried, some will grow mushrooms. How data collection and an "internet of things" could change the world. This year's Record Store Day turned into the biggest day
Sex education has always seemed like a counterintuitive enterprise to me—which doesn’t reduce its importance in a culture which, at the least, broadcasts mixed messages about sexuality and human relations. And, of course, government involvement in sex education continues to be a controversial issue. Thus a book like
Having mastered the nonstatement, Goldman denies wrongdoing. Reporters say Obama's White House is distant, petulant, and hostile to the media (except the New York Times). Op: Portugal isn't Greece, but what makes it different could be crippling under duress. Scientifically speaking, financial reform will depend on
Besides the malcontents and know-nothings who are apt to bleat out various accusations about some media conspiracy (failing even to understand the distinction between media and journalism), for the most part it would appear that the only people who are concerned about the state of American journalism are malcontents
I suspect there are not many collections (if any) like The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry (edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris of Words Without Borders). Gathered within its pages are some of the finest poems from around the planet written in the 20th century. And it claims to
Obama to visit an Iowa town that had it rough the last time he passed through, and where it's only gotten rougher. Veteran New York safety inspector admits he never tested any of the hundreds of buildings he deemed safe from lead and asbestos. Santa Clara County wants
Just what the world needed, another award and another award show. Denis Loy Johnson, of Melville House Publishing, who is a shrewd and savvy fellow and outspoken journalist (and who I first came across when he put out a very useful website called Moby Lives, and who shared my antipathy
Though throughout my reading life I would occasionally read short fiction, it wasn’t until I spoke with writer/Florida State University creative writing program head honcho Mark Winegardner that I saw short stories in a different light. In my world—forget me as a college professor and a writer—
A new poem about jockeys, ponies, and golden eggs filled with candy, and how quickly races are won when you’re drinking.
PowerPoint overtakes the military--it can put reporters to sleep, otherwise it's ineffective. Israel's chief military censor: Enemies attribute higher credibility to articles published by the Israeli media. Journey through Gaza finds boredom, a baby boom, a zone "eerily empty of bitterness." Belgium'
