John McPhee on how not to write?
Many of you will have read John McPhee's recent pieces in the New Yorker about how he writes, and how he seems to be recommending that others …
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Whitney Houston: Drug addiction isn't cool
Here in Paris, the main pop music TV cable channel is featuring Whitney Houston videos nonstop today. I'd have to say that this one has hit …
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The United States arms most dictatorships
News Release The United States arms most dictatorships 27 January 2012 14:48 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)…
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Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong-il
The deaths of these two leaders--one despised around the world, the other admired--are linked in ways that might not be immediately obvious. Have…
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Israel has never been so ugly
Of late the "Jewish state" has been showing a face that many American Jews might not want to recognize: Racist, anti-democratic, and ev…
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US to Gaza: Round Two
Act now!! BOATS SAILING NOW TO GAZA! SPREAD THE WORD. Israel and the U.S. outsourced the siege of Gaza to Athens last summer by prevent…
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Israel Doesn't Want Peace Nearly as Much as It Wants the West Bank
This slideshow from Peace Now shows how it's being done. With thanks to Mondoweiss for posting it. Anatot takeovereng View more present…
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Ben-Hur and how the Los Angeles Times swallowed revised Jewish/Palestinian history whole
The excellent blog Mondoweiss describes a particularly interesting (I would say amusing but it's not really funny) example of the way in whi…
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Obama and Palestine
“Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the U.N." --Barack Obama in his speech before the United Nations. Peace w…
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Some of My Best Friends are Zionists
Initial Development Trailer: Some of My Best Friends Are Zionists from Open Letter Productions on Vimeo .
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- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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