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...readers are suffering from information overload, imagine the new life of political writers. First, they have to be totally up to speed to make sure that some blogger or newspaper competitor hasn't already made the point or reported the factlet that they intend to write about. Second, they have to be fast, fast, fast to beat that other fellow to the punch. This has always been true in journalism and used to be considered part of the fun. But it's less fun when half the people in the world could now be that other fellow...
...playing jazz since middle school, according to Sayuri Miyamoto of Newton, Mass., his classical piano teacher from first to twelfth grade. “He showed a lot of interest in the structure and theory of the music,” she says. “Sometimes he would write in jazz chords to help him remember classical pieces better.” His view on the role of music in his life has changed over time. “When I was applying to Harvard I put academics first,” he says...
Save the poop jokes, because Rose George has heard them all. When the London-based journalist decided to write a book on human waste, toilets and the world sanitation crisis, she knew that she'd be the butt of a few jokes around the pub. What she didn't realize - at least not fully - was just how important her subject was. George's new book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters delves into the taboo subject of bowel evacuation, with tact, sensitivity - and the right amount of style. Reporting on the sewers...
...gonna write you a check for $40 million, that's who I am." - When asked to confirm his identity during his purchase, via email, of a Gulfstream V Jet (Esquire...
...party's leadership back down to earth. The senior Democratic aide expects no upper-income tax hikes or big infrastructure investments, and says the stimulus package rolled out this week will be restrained. "It'll be unemployment-benefits extension, a federal Medicaid matching program and allowing small businesses to write off immediately more of the expenses," the aide says. Even so, the package may not make it through the Senate...