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Taking a Page… from News Talk

It is a truism in the news bizz that you have succeeded in writing a “balanced” story if all your sources take issue with and are unhappy with it. I never bought that (nor do others follow the precept)....

Colleen Cotter | 7 Jun 2010

News Talk: How To Be A Language Savvy News Consumer

Fair, balanced, unbiased, impartial. Journalism, in theory and by definition, hinges on an ideal of neutrality, an expectation of the direct presentation of facts and findings. Yet the process of news-making...

Colleen Cotter | 4 Jun 2010

Endangered Species Act: Noah’s Ark or The Titanic?

In 1973, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act, a program designed to provide for the conservation of plants and animals on the endangered species list.  The law made it illegal to harm any of the...

Craig Collins | 2 Jun 2010

Welcome Frances, Our New Publicist!

My Orientation to The Press and BookExpo America As I’m completely new to both the Press and BookExpo America (aka BEA), I really had no idea what to expect when I found out on my first day that I would...

Frances B. | 1 Jun 2010

Unearthing the Archaeology of Measurement

A Colleague of Laura’s in Pompeii Once upon a time, I was an archaeologist. That’s right, I, Laura Evans, once dug up the pre-eruption layers of ancient Pompeii, sifted through soil and muck in...

27 May 2010

Marci Hamilton Live Twitter Feed

Reminder! Monday, May 24, Marci Hamilton LIVE on Twitter from 8:00pm-9:00pm @AbuseStoppers – talking about the Stop Abuse Campaign, Statute of Limitations reform, and Justice Denied: What America...

24 May 2010

Remembering Martin Gardner, Mathematical Magician

“I’m strictly a journalist.” – Martin Gardner Martin Gardner had no formal mathematical training. A newspaper reporter, publicist, freelancer for Esquire, caseworker, magician, skeptic, Navy sailor,...

24 May 2010

Authors in Action: Reclaiming Justice Denied

Marci Hamilton of the Cardozo School of Law has joined forces with the Stop Abuse Campaign to promote the passage of the Child Victims Act of New York (A02596) before the end of the state’s session...

Marci A. Hamilton | 21 May 2010

Partners in the War on Drugs: A Question of International Criminal Law

On Wednesday, President Obama hosted his second State Dinner at the White House, honoring Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón.  Prior to the engagement, Obama and Calderón held a joint press availability...

Bruce Zagaris | 20 May 2010

The Hartwell Paper: Revolutionizing Climate Policy?

From Copenhagen to ClimateGate, the context and controversy surrounding any discussion of global warming has proven a significant handicap. This week, a group of distinguished climate scientists, economists,...

Bjørn Lomborg | 19 May 2010

Oil, Coal, Methane, and Climate Change

The Gulf oil spill and the West Virginia mine explosion are two of the biggest tragedies in our recent history.  Isn’t it interesting, then, that they share one highly combustible causal factor? Craig...

Craig Collins | 14 May 2010

Nietzsche: A Philosophy in Context

‘Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography‘ by Julian Young in The New York Times Book Review: Whether we acknowledge it or not, we continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast...

7 May 2010