There are increasing murmurs about the internet being bad for you, Facebook and Twitter isolating people from reality, but I don’t buy it. Here’s why. You may remember last month Sue and I got stranded in Buffalo for a day …Read more…
Australian journalist Murray Sayle managed to score the first interview with British spy and defector Kim Philby by waiting at the Moscow Post Office, the only place where it was possible to buy a copy of The Times, for Philby …Read more…
Anyone seeking evidence of how media and politics have changed as a result of the internet need look no further than page one of today’s Times Picayune (Pdf version here). Although you may wish to hold your nose. L to …Read more…
Sue and I went to a swanky launch party last night for the fall issue of Edible New Orleans magazine. I like the Edible concept — they have issues in cities all over the country, but franchise the publishing and editing …Read more…
My cover story in Gambit this week focuses on the counterproductive nature of a “zero tolerance” approach to drug use in high schools and colleges, especially as more and more teens turn to heroin. Here’s Professor John Mason of Tulane …Read more…