I have been wishing, lately, that there was a way to social-network without other people–or, perhaps more accurately, without drowning in their pet peeves, predilections, passions, and punch lines. Online, they have become inescapable. No man is an island on Facebook. That’s the point, right? You never have to be alone again. Blogging begins to… Continue reading »
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Got Milk?
You might want to think twice before you drink it. Jeffrey Moussaief Masson explains why in his new book, The Face on Your Plate, which I reviewed this week for Book World (or what’s left of it, although anecdotal evidence suggests that individual reviews do get more readers in Outlook, where much of the Post’s… Continue reading »
March Madness Roundup
No, not that kind of March madness. (Sorry, sports fans.) Deadlines–and trips to Seattle, Williamsburg, and Charlottesville–have kept me away from blogging the last two weeks, but I have a good run of publishing and schol-comm stories to show for my absence. The headlines are pretty self-explanatory if not entirely satisfying from the reporter’s point… Continue reading »
Sleepless in Seattle
Greetings from Seattle. Yes, it’s raining. (To be fair, it was sunny yesterday.) I’m here for the Chronicle, covering the 14th biannual conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. What’s on the minds of 3,000 academic librarians? Quite a lot. Read my first report here. (You all do realize that reporters don’t usually… Continue reading »
My New Favorite Cause
Bringing back streetcars to D.C. What’s not to love? Change we can all believe in. Or ride on. Some details here.
