Give me one last dance We’ll slide down the surface of things You’re the real thing Yeah the real thing You’re the real thing Even better than the real thing I figured […]
Quotabull
This is actually a boost to remind people that we can produce this kind of journalism at any time. We’re going to have a large enough newsroom to continue to produce this […]
Say what? A new business model for news should begin with … profit?
It’s the new conventional wisdom: The news biz is dying. Declining circulation. Abandonment by advertisers. Falling revenues. Cuts in staffing to reduce costs. The news biz needs a new business model, the […]
Sean Bell's killers will walk, but should they?
by JS O’Brien Nearly every morning for the past few weeks, I’ve brewed a strong cup of orange pekoe, sat down at my computer, and googled “Sean Bell” to get the latest […]
Let's have some empathy for rich kids
by JS O’Brien I feel sorry for rich kids. Seriously. Most of us tend to think that being born with a silver scepter in the mouth is the luckiest thing that could […]
When it comes to journalists, what about quality?
by JS O’Brien (With apologies to Dr. Denny, whom I admire greatly, and who would certainly fix journalism if he could.) Lost in the justified hand-wringing over the loss of newspaper jobs, […]
A human thinking trap (and how to avoid it)
by JS O’Brien There is a very important man in human history whose name too few people know: Alfred Korzybski. He’s the father of general semantics, and before you say to yourself, “Oh, […]
Can the center hold?: a response to Pastor Dan
Pastor Dan has an absolutely must-read piece on faith and politics over at Street Prophets, and while I feel wholly inadequate for the task of matching the depth of his analysis, he […]
Spam is not marketing, it's a crime against humanity
This is the second entry in Scholars & Rogues’s 2008 Wish List for the World My Inbox on Monday morning read like this: [No Subject] 逆æ´ã‚’ãŠè€ƒãˆã®å¥³æ€§ã®æ–¹ã¸ Attract and meet your dream mate […]
Why, oh why, did you sell out, Matt Taibbi?
By Martin Bosworth We’re big fans of maverick political writer and gonzo journalist extraordinare Matt Taibbi here at S&R. I’ve quoted from him extensively in articulating my political philosophy, and my fellow […]
