ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE after an impromptu vacation and very quiet period for DDA; edited remotely by Hubert Humdinger A new college semester looms again. Back into the untamed classroom I
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- More Mohammeds Than Americans Can Handle: Baby Names Menacing Western Society The mental unrest was almost palpable after a report from the Washington Examiner detailed the following frightening information: The number of U.S. newborns named “Mohammed” has jumped 100-fold since 1964, one...
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MICHAEL J BLAIR Perthshire, Scotland (MJ Blair has been reporting on Scotland’s campaign for independence: see his early works here, here, here, and here) A few nights ago I had a very enlightening
JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list — sign up below for more like this) When you don’t know which way to turn, force the issue. When you suddenly
In 2010 Yahoo! bought the open content platform Associated Content for $100 million and then called it ‘Voices’. The CEO at the time, Carol Bartz, called the move “a game-changer…[and]
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles Within the first few weeks after I’d moved to Los Angeles, I was sitting outside
Why is it so pleasurable when an organization like BuzzFeed gets blasted for plagiarism? The website’s Viral News editor, Benny
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles I don’t know about the actual laws on the books, but supposedly it’s forbidden to
MICHAEL J BLAIR Perthshire, Scotland (MJ Blair has been reporting on Scotland’s campaign for independence: see his early works here,
JOHN BENNETT (originally sent out to Bennett’s email list — sign up below for more like this) The hero sets
[editor’s note: no offense is meant toward Rosie O’Donnell. Her name was chosen partly on whim (why do writers write


