Replacing Disputed Flags with Related Articles

7 years ago

Instead of flagging links to questionable news items, Facebook will instead hide them. Which is nice, but it still means…

“Dammit Mom, I’m a daughter, not a theoretician!”

7 years ago

"Dammit Mom, I'm a daughter, not a theoretician!" -- the girl, responding to a pointed rhetorical question. Know Your Meme

The Last Jedi: Oh, the Feels.

7 years ago

No spoilers here. (I managed to avoid all spoilers, and hadn’t even seen the trailer. I did see still pics…

Bird flight simulator. The boy goes for altitude and distance, the girl does stunts.

7 years ago

In the bird-flight simulator at the Pittsburgh Aviary, the girl twists and turns, careening around buildings, dive-bombing alleyways, and comes…

Pope Francis calls for “news communicated with serenity, precision and completeness”

7 years ago

Pope Francis recently addressed Italian journalists: Your voice, free and responsible, is fundamental for the growth of any society that…

Details like headlines matter. Journalists should work hard to avoid being misread.

7 years ago

If you were this person's attorney, you'd probably want this social media blurb phrased a little differently. The headline attached…

The Case Against Reading Everything

7 years ago

Right now, I'm teaching "American Lit 1915-Present" for the last time. It's the companion course to "American Lit 1800-1915," which…

McCain: Dictators ‘get started by suppressing free press’

7 years ago

"If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial…