Times are tough at the Times, just as they are at all outlets of traditional media, and I say that without the typical blogger-glee. All members of this blog draw their paychecks from the Old School, and speaking for myself at least, I want to continue to do so. I love working at a magazine, …
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LAKE WOBEGON: Dammit, if Matt can file a post with a dateline why can’t I? Aren’t I gifted enough or talented enough to merit a dateline, even if mine is from a fictional location best know for a population where “all the children are above average.” (I found that quote on a wiki site devoted …
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Before I delve too deeply into this topic, I’d like to take issue with the coverage Nathan’s post yesterday received on the New York Times’s City Room blog. Hardly fair to call it a “rant,” I think. Screed, yes. Potentially libelous of our city’s educators, possibly. Unhinged? You be the judge. But rant, I think …
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My son, as is perhaps rather common, is having a Blue’s Clues moment. Of late, a blue animated dog and a guy in a striped rugby shirt have shunted to the dustbins of history (and my living room) both Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine. Fine by me. One rather interesting aspect of …
