It's never the women, is it? Always the pigs.
The New Yorker is in some hot water over Jared Diamond’s article last year,about Papua New Guinea. Diamond, you may recall, is a Pulitzer- and MacArthur winner, the man behind the tome that is Guns, Germs and Steel. I haven’t read the story, but Forbes summarizes it ...
The Peoples Pulitzers: What would YOU choose?
Think back on your favorite articles from last year. You know, back when banks were private entities, the dollar was worth more than the peso, and your credit card balance hadn’t been cut. Any of the stories that come to mind good enough for a Pulitzer?
I’m taking a ...
Pulitzers Take II: Congo wins (sort of)
So I took my Pulitzer-day swipe at newspaper publishers yesterday, and today I am in slightly better humor and want to congratulate Lynn Nottage on her Pulitzer for “Ruined,” a play about sexual violence in Congo. We in the West may not stop these things, but at least we ...
Oops.
An Oct. 19 article on songwriter John Bucchino incorrectly stated that he doesn’t read. The sentence should have said he doesn’t read music.
Yay Pulitzers, or, Good thing you didn't close that paper, cuz it just won stuff…
Among the finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing, announced with the other Pulitzers about 20 minutes ago, is Amy Ellis Nutt, a reporter at the Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ. Here’s the citation:
Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., for her poignant, deeply reported story of ...
"No, I said I'd only waterboard if I HAD to, and then only for 20 minutes…."
The Obama Administration released some previously top secret documents about tactics used by the CIA today, at the same time that he promised those who implemented these tactics immunity from prosecution.
I make no judgment on the latter, though I do wonder to myself whether the same tactics described in these ...
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