Category: Blogging Matters

In the recent discussion about blogging ethics, a grad student named Martin popped in. He found the discussion fascinating, and asked people to take part in a survey about …

1) Daily Kos was losing to Instapundit in the Weblog Awards. 2) Kos' readers were furious at this. 3) They immediately came up with a way to "rig" the …

Recently, I excoriated another blogger for what I viewed as unethical conduct. Also recently, people have obtained copies of the "C-BS News Standards" manual and compared it to the …

Several years ago I had a brief career as an amateur spam-fighter. I stopped when I realized I simply lacked the skills and commitment needed to fight the battle …

Last week I hit writer's block on a posting I was working on about the nature of freedom. But occasionally when handed lemons, I try to make lemonade, so …

OK so the head was crass... but I needed a hook. People flock to online journal after 16-year-old's arraignment "Just to let everyone know, my mother was murdered." This …

For the past week or so, I've had another of my "heavy" pieces preying at the back of my mind. I've started it several times, but each time it's …

Tonight I've been on a bit of a roll. This is my fifth piece in about an hour, and I think they've been all pretty good. But there's a …

In regards to the post "Fact Checking the Boston Globe - In Advance" The original author (Paul) used the words, "liar, fraud, and charlatan" to describe his opinion of …

I've always been one to own up to my mistakes. If I screw up somewhere, I'll admit it at least as publicly as the initial screwup was. I also …