adrian monck

Month: July 2007

  • Young people and the news

    Young people and the news. Harvard’s Shorenstein Centre has a metrics-based jeremiad out, with just that title. (In case you feel like it’s déjà vu all over again, I’ve posted on this before.) Hand-wringing over young people and the news is simply a displaced generational concern for their lack of the right stuff. We don’t…

  • Ever wondered why the news doesn’t makes sense?

    Because it doesn’t have to, that’s why. And if you don’t believe me – here is the Saturday Review from 1861: What does it matter if the Times, which is the organ of so many of us, contradicts itself and changes sides from day to day? Do not most people contradict themselves? Is the opinion…

  • Essential maintenance

    Been having a couple of problems with some of the hacks on this page going south…normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

  • Another Iraq blog…

    I keep an eye out for interesting blogs (authenticity unguaranteed) from Iraq. This one is zen-traveler from “Eric,” a security type guarding what I’m guessing is the Fox News villa in Baghdad. A lot of boredom, the ever-present threat of violence, live-shots – and some Zen Buddhism. Some interesting observations, but if I was Eric,…