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Blogging has changed the art of non-fiction writing, says Andrew Sullivan, one of the first political commentators to embrace the form in 2000. When you blog "everything you write is […]
The answer to this question is at the cutting edge of science, but one theory states that dark matter is nothing but ordinary matter in another dimension hovering right above us.
Busy as I get back from Fall Break - and only a week and change until the Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver. If you haven't check already, commenting […]
One powerful woman picks up the phone. Thomas v. Hill, 2010. We now know that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has called Anita Hill, after twenty years, […]
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A conversation with the Director of Constituents at the World Economic Forum.
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A conversation with the co-founder of the Age Wave demographics think tank.
I’m still hot about this Joe Miller handcuff incident. Maybe it’s because the hair stands up on the back of my neck whenever I hear about people who decide to […]
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The idea that politicians will grant gay people equality has always been a complete delusion, says the blogger. "The only thing that brings us equality is our own testimony and […]
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The first person the blogger came out to was God, and the second was a priest. But when he told his parents years later, his father’s response was a true […]
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The blogger came out as HIV positive because he couldn’t write truthfully or with integrity otherwise.
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Sarah Palin’s four political strengths—the ability to channel resentment, amazing beauty, great performance skills, and real authenticity with the base—make her a shoo-in for the Republican nomination.
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One great thing about blogging is being able to talk about things that others are afraid to—like the fact that one of our greatest presidents liked to sleep with men.
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There are still rational voices on the right that have withstood the Republican push towards fundamentalism.
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"To join a party on condition that we oppose our own civil rights and our own basic civil equality seems a non-starter for me," says the conservative blogger. "There’s something […]
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The Daily Dish gets one million readers each month—partly because the blogger treats his readers as part of a community, fostering a dialogue rather than a monologue.
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There aren’t set standards for bloggers the way that there are for print journalists, but there are still some rules that everyone should follow: "Don’t lie, and if you’re wrong, […]
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Blogs allow writers to have an open and honest discussion in real-time. This is better than a single article because it treats the readers as participants in the conversation.
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Blogging destroys the future-oriented process of writing nonfiction and replaces it with a sense of constant presentness—everything you write is provisional because the facts, or your mind, could change.
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A conversation with the writer and blogger.
"Panic among policymakers about the high level of government debt is misplaced. The real economic menace is budget-slashing," say two economists for The Guardian.