Monthly Archives: April 2007

NY Times columnist William Safire often channelled Richard Nixon, speaking from beyond the grave, as a literary device. Here we call upon the spirit of Brittany, our late beloved guinea pig and one-time honorary web editor. Hey, it’s Easter, so … Continue reading

Your assignment: read this story in the Commercial Appeal and the Memphis Flyer, then tell me which writer has better news judgment, and which makes best use of the inverted pyramid. Bonus points for the reader who points out the … Continue reading

Wendi Thomas has a column in today’s CA about a survey on race we discussed in January 2006, after reading an article in the Washington Post (which had followed an earlier WaPo article printed a year before that). Here’s Thomas … Continue reading

CA: [Tenn. State Health Commissioner Susan] Cooper… said the smoke-free workplace bill that is stalled in the state legislature is “the only way to protect non-smoking workers” and the public from the “deadly effects of of secondhand smoke.” Yeah, that, … Continue reading