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  • Desperately seeking Sarah?

    November 19, 2009

    • What's all the noise about a bit of leg and Newsweek using her picture from Runners World on their cover? It just gives her a boost. She looks fit, young, and ready to take on any call…two Blackberries in the hand are worth a few thousand in a jam!The sob story-tellers aver, "It’s more like a glamour shot. Sure, she’s in running gear but it’s apparent that she hasn’t begun the ...
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  • Writers, The Kindle and Digital Publishing

    August 23, 2009

    • If you’re interested in the effects Amazon.com’s Kindle will likely have on readers and writers, add to your data stack the opinion of Daniel Lyons, Newsweek’s resident techie writer. In the June 15, 2009, issue – the Stephen Colbert Issue – (no kidding), Lyons gave us a provocative view of this remarkable electronic tool. There’s been much made of digital technology's effect on the ...
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  • make that two out of four...

    May 20, 2009

    • My final entry in this season's primetime scorecard (renewal for Castle  and Better Off Ted; cancellation for The Unusals) is Privileged. I don't think I've written about Privlleged before, but I was really pulling for this show. Like the first season of Dirty Sexy Money, Privileged was a primetime soap about the filthy rich; but the storytelling was grounded in honest portrayals of the ...
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  • The End of Christian America?

    April 4, 2009

    • The End of Christian America. The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.
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  • LitPark Interview: Time and Newsweek Editorial Cartoonist talks about stamina, focus, and declining newspaper readers

    January 7, 2009

    • Today, over at LitPark, I'm talking with Jimmy Margulies, one of the last remaining political cartoonists with a steady newspaper gig. We're talking about the long road to a successful career in the arts, and some lessons he's learned along the way.   And in case you missed Monday's Question of the Month, there are some really moving responses about perseverance required of writers and artists. ...
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  • Coincidence?

    October 30, 2008

    • So I was walking by a newsstand the other day when I thought I saw my book on the cover of Newsweek. Silly me!     ...It's not just me is it?
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