Barack and Michele Obama, the couple, continue to captivate the public and the press, most recently in the cover story of the NYTimes Sunday magazine: "The first marriage. It's modern, it's a formidable international brand and it's an ongoing negotiation." Sounds like a reality show promo to me. Behind the scenes with those sleek and powerful Obamas. The First Lady's Halloween leopard ...
I like the tussle of digital world commmenting, as nasty and angry and messy as it can get. There are also endless tips, suggestions, ideas and other useful things in comments sections that may be bad for the ego but good for journalism. I've tried to have a fairly transparent inbox on this blog and have responded both to commenters and to people whose names show up in the post itself. Today, the ...
I'm thrilled to see they cut some slack for that criminal kid who brought the camping utensil to school. He got off with time served. Maybe next year, when he's seven, he'll understand the rules better. The whole episode seems to reflect one of those cultural shifts: a larger intolerance level for behavior considered inappropriate. We could include Roman Polanski in there, especially since the ...
