Al-Zarqawi as memento mori, and why baseball writers aren’t juiced about steroids.
Death Be Not Proud
As news of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death spread around the world Thursday, the photo of his lifeless face was nearly impossible to miss. For U.S. and Iraqi security forces, the image of Zarqawi – dead, mounted, and framed – represented a decisive victory. But RAND Corporation terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman ...
Buying Silence
This month brings to a close the long saga of Wen Ho Lee vs. the Feds. The Los Alamos scientist had sued the government for leaks that made him out to be a spy, but journalists refused to cooperate. In the end, media companies paid a combined $750,000 so that ...
Keystroke Constituency
Take the energy of the grassroots, add the connectivity of the Internet, and the result is “netroots,” an emerging political force on the left side of the web. This weekend, its core members are congregating in Las Vegas. And judging by the slate of speakers, which includes Harry Reid and ...
Shielded!
When several tech-gossip websites published advance details of an Apple device two years ago, the famously secretive company responded with a lawsuit. But the websites fought back, claiming that their anonymous authors were protected by California’s shield law for journalists. Last month, the court agreed. Technology lawyer Denise Howell tells ...
Black, White, & Red All Over
On November 10, 1898, a mob of white supremacists ransacked the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, and toppled its biracial government. But last week, the 1898 Race Riot Wilmington Race Riot Commission concluded that it was not so much a riot as an insurrection, orchestrated by prominent local Democrats and ...
No Doubt
Another major leaguer was exposed this week as an aficionado of the Juice. But the revelations are unlikely to make baseball’s beat reporters more skeptical in their coverage of players’ physical feats. To the contrary, says sportswriter Jeff Pearlman, baseball reporters seem to want the steroids scandal to just go ...
Baseball Ads
Baseball games are usually a cinch to find on the radio, in part because of the ads played between innings. Almost every spot is crammed with references to the game. After all, who isn't compelled to buy cars when the salesman mentions home runs? Bob isn’t, for one.
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I did a FOIA on myself, and all I got were these lousy letters
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