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The Biological Remedy for Racism
Apr 30, 2014 The racial attitudes of men like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy belong to another day. Younger people taking the stage will carry with them views that reflect a better America.
Thank You, Peter Matthiessen, for Taking Me Along
Apr 10, 2014 I trekked with the writer, who died last week, only in a Walter Mitty dream, but his service as a guide was valuable.
One Day, You’ll Have a Chip in Your Rear
Sep 13, 2010 Should your car help authorities track you? Should it be a traveling billboard? … Amid emerging technology, the role of the license plate is in flux and causing controversy.
The Earth Loses a Force of Nature
Sep 6, 2010 TL Caswell, a Truthdig journalist who worked at the LA Times with cartoonist Paul Conrad (above), the three-time Pulitzer winner who died Saturday, remembers a man who always arrived in a blast of smoke and soundA Truthdig journalist who worked with cartoonist Paul Conrad at the L Times remembers a man who always arrived in a blast of smoke and sound.
Inching Away From Bullfighting and Its Macho B.S.
Aug 26, 2010 Catalonia has imposed a 2012 ban on the tradition, which is losing support throughout Spain. Could this toxic mix of blood lust and male preening finally be on its way out?In the face of Catalonia’s coming ban, could this toxic mix of blood lust and male preening be on its way out throughout Spain?
N. Korea Deserves a Hard Kick for Abusing Its Soccer Team (Update)
Aug 16, 2010 The sport’s international governing body is looking into reports that the defeated players were exhibited in Pyongyang as targets of condemnation Kim Jong Il must be confronted in this caseThe sport’s governing body is looking into reports that the defeated players were exhibited and denounced.
Journalism’s Big Investigations Sliding Into a Big Pit
Aug 3, 2010 Massive projects like The Washington Post’s “Top Secret America” are on the endangered-species list as the large metropolitan dailies go into decline, and that’s bad for the nation.Massive projects like The Washington Post’s “Top Secret America” are on the endangered-species list as the large metropolitan dailies decline.
When Adults Help Kids Flirt With Death
Jul 19, 2010 Abby Sunderland was ill served by the grown-ups around her. Had the talented sailor suffered just a bit more bad luck at sea, she might not be alive to anticipate her 17th birthday.Abby Sunderland was ill served by the grown-ups who facilitated the record-seeking voyage that placed her in such grave peril.
Ailing Journalism in Ailing Times
Jul 6, 2010 The L.A. Times executive suite, desperate for company income, shows an ethics-be-damned attitude in breaching the line between ads and news.
From Bhopal to BP
Jun 22, 2010 The “massacre” sentences were far too light, but at least India put executives on trial. Let’s hope the U.S. has the will to fully investigate and, if warranted, try BP executives.