For 20 years, I was a newsman. A damned good one. I learned the craft from good newsmen who learned it from other good newsmen before me. No steenkin’ journalism school for […]
The Gray Lady turns pasty white: Is the financial demise of The Times at hand?
In 1896, Adolph Ochs bought The New York Times and boldly placed on its front-page flag the slogan All The News That’s Fit To Print. Today, its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., […]
A truth is a truth is a truth, isn't it?
Y’know, these days, so many people with so many different motives are trying to tell me in so many ways what the “truth” is that I wonder whether I’d recognize a “truth” […]
1,000,000
On Sunday, Scholars and Rogues marked one million hits since our humble blog began last year. Some fun facts: * S&R’s first day on the Internet was 15 April 2007. * We […]
The candidates' digital divide: reflections and ramifications
As I was walking down the 16th Street Mall this afternoon, I passed a woman wearing a button that said “Ask Me How Many Houses I Own.” It’s amazing how quickly a […]
Nota Bene #37
Links of the Week (as opposed to the weak link): In warning that Georgia could be a new World War I, John Zmirak at Inside Catholic writes: “With the distance of history, […]
Dear Catholic League: suck on this
By Ann Ivins Mr. Donohue: The Catholic League’s request to Leah Daughtry to ban the blogs BitchPhD and Towleroad from the Democratic National Convention came as something of a shock to those […]
Gannett to whack 1,000 jobs: Wall Street wins; public loses
If you’re a CEO whose company has shorted its customers on quality and safety, you’re breathing a little easier today. If you’re a politician who has traded favors with the über-rich in […]
WordsDay: The Anarchist in the Library
by Douglas J. Belcher In the absence of a grand technological theory that can explain the Universe, such as a Unified Field Theory (nerds can hope), or resolution of the questions raised […]
AP 2.0: Ultimately our mirror, for better or worse
As the season known as The Most Important Presidential Election Ever nears its apogee (or nadir, depending on your opinion of politics), news organizations ought to be putting as much time, treasure, […]
