The World is Talking. Global Politics

I’ve been in New York City this week. I’ll be returning home tomorrow. I came prepared to blog my experiences, but…

On this Memorial Day: I support the troops, not the war in Iraq. The troops do not equal the war. If they…

Here’s the money quote from Nicholas Lemann’s commencement address to the Columbia University School of Journalism: Our job was to improve…

I’ve recently begun using Facebook. I opened an account a long time ago–years–but never did anything with it until last week….

I have a new remote machine (notice I didn’t say “laptop”). It’s the Asus Eee PC–a tiny little thing that runs…

Dan Balz delivered the Henry J. Pringle Lecture, on Journalism Day 2008 at Columbia University. While he expressed general optimism about…

Alissa Quart divides the world of journalism into two parts: lost media and found media. My first thought: OK, this might…

When I called for news organizations to keep tabs on media ethics (”get in the face” is the language I used),…

My office is moving to downtown Springfield. I’ll be in the Park Central Office Building on the southeast corner of the…

It’s finals week at MSU, and that’s why it’s been quite here on Rhetorica. The last week of classes is busy….