Who Gets A Chance
In the aftermath of his attempt to rehabilitate Jian Ghomeshi, Ian Buruma is out as the editor of the New York Review Of Books. He will not be missed.
Tagged: Slate
Good doctors don’t trash-talk their patients
According to Slate, doctors everywhere use slang to dehumanize their most difficult patients. Russell begs to differ.
The Problem with the Public vs. Private Distinction in Education
Allison Benedikt accuses her colleagues who send their kids to private school for turning their backs on the promise of public education.
Cult of the CEO, Feminism Edition
One of my pet peeves, one I will just never be able to fix and should probably have dropped ages ago, is how bourgeois so much elite journalism is today. Yes, I know it’s...
You’re cordially invited to The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Café
Dishes include long, overcooked courses prepared by a rotating cast of amateur chefs, a few tasty recipes submitted by a hardy band of loyal customers, half-baked appetizers littered across the sidebar, and the occasional...
This is all an elaborate joke, right?
Freddie must have infiltrated Slate’s editorial staff to write this gem, which masquerades as a serious defense of Creed’s musical stylings. Wait, what’s that you say? It’s not a parody? Oh dear . ....
Beer Me
President Obama’s mundane beverage selection at last week’s beer summit was roundly condemned by the hip, politically-inclined set, and as much as I’d love to write a counter-intuitive defense of watery beer (paging David...
Why I care about this Apple vs. PC business
So there’s this company. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s called “Apple”. (I know – really non-threatening!) I don’t harbor any animus against this company, personally. At least I didn’t. But several years ago,...
Ahhh, Slate
Among the many editorial disagreements I have with Slate.com is the fact that, very often, their subheads or “jumpheads” (or whatever alternative web headlines are called) are written in a style that, in a...
