I have never seen the movie “Life Is Beautiful.” I haven’t seen it because when it came out, everybody, and I do mean everybody, told me I had to see it, that it was too good to miss. Maybe it is. All these years later, I’m still not inclined to find out. The critical collective… Continue reading »
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Having It All: Writers’ Edition
Except for taking the occasional cheap shot on Twitter, I’ve kept clear of the op-ed juggernaut created by Anne-Marie Slaughter’s piece in the Atlantic on “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” (Some headline writer deserves a good slapdown for that one.) I haven’t even read all of Slaughter’s argument yet, and I’m not sure… Continue reading »
Things Journalists Do That Annoy Publicists
I’ve spent a lot of time, probably too much, complaining about flaks who don’t do their jobs well–or, depending on your point of view, who do it too well. In the spirit of fair play, I asked myself what journalists do that probably drives publicists crazy. Here’s what I came up with. Feel free to… Continue reading »
Acronym Soup
If you live in Washington and/or write about higher education, you swim in a sea of acronyms. Because I like making lists, I made a list of the acronyms that float through my brain on a regular basis. (This isn’t all of them, just the ones I can think of late on a Thursday night.)… Continue reading »
Five Things I Wish Somebody Would Invent
The world is full of useful things: paper clips, staplers, the computer I’m typing this on. But human inventiveness has only taken us so far. Here’s a short list of items that would make my life, and perhaps yours, a whole lot better. 1. Self-folding laundry. My husband promises me he’s working on this but… Continue reading »
