TMZ Is the Justice of the Masses
Christopher Beha’s Arts & Entertainments, and how we create and consume stories of other people’s lives in order to feel better about our own.
Posts in category “media”
Why Facebook’s Experiment Threatens Further Manipulation
Facebook has taken a lot of heat in the past few days …
Somewhere, Bin Laden Is Smiling
Bowe Bergdahl was “an American prisoner of war captured on the battlefield” …
Twitter Is Alive and Well
Despite The Atlantic’s elegy for Twitter last week, the real-time social network simply …
Peter King and the Hawks’ Hysterical Attacks on Rand Paul
Those accusing the Kentucky senator of fear-mongering should look in the mirror.
Richard Powers and the Blown-Up Cultural Narrative
When music is freed from cultural filters, how do fans find the songs that matter?
A Preview of the Oscar’s Best Picture Nominees
Rounding up the candidates in contention for taking home the statuette
Defining Digital “Mindfulness”
What is “mindfulness”? TIME Magazine recently released a cover story on “The …
Olympic Failure: Bode Miller’s Interview and American Sensationalism
The awful interview was just giving Americans what they really want.
Defending the Case Against Woody Allen
Can we really trust ourselves—our minds, eyes, and ears—to Allen’s hands?
Our Cover Is Up for an ASME Award
The November/December 2013 issue of The American Conservative is competing in the American Society of …
The Art of Reading, Fast and Slow
Many modern readers push themselves through speed-reading courses. If they haven’t time …
How Snark & Smarm Fall Short
The snark versus smarm debate has flooded our news feeds, after Tom …
Can Books and E-Readers Coexist?
A truce can be called between pixels and pulp.
Can the Print Magazine Survive?
Soon after the Kindle craze, some warned of print books’ imminent extinction—but …
Antiwar.com Editor Demands FBI File Fix
Eric Garris, co-founder and editor of Antiwar.com, says he filed a request …
The “Death of Writing” & Return of Oral Culture
Amidst reports of the ensuing “death of the novel,” former USA Today …
Why Facebook’s Experiment Threatens Further Manipulation
Facebook has taken a lot of heat in the past few days …
Somewhere, Bin Laden Is Smiling
Bowe Bergdahl was “an American prisoner of war captured on the battlefield” …
Twitter Is Alive and Well
Despite The Atlantic’s elegy for Twitter last week, the real-time social network simply …
Peter King and the Hawks’ Hysterical Attacks on Rand Paul
Those accusing the Kentucky senator of fear-mongering should look in the mirror.
Richard Powers and the Blown-Up Cultural Narrative
When music is freed from cultural filters, how do fans find the songs that matter?
A Preview of the Oscar’s Best Picture Nominees
Rounding up the candidates in contention for taking home the statuette
Defining Digital “Mindfulness”
What is “mindfulness”? TIME Magazine recently released a cover story on “The …
Olympic Failure: Bode Miller’s Interview and American Sensationalism
The awful interview was just giving Americans what they really want.
Defending the Case Against Woody Allen
Can we really trust ourselves—our minds, eyes, and ears—to Allen’s hands?
Our Cover Is Up for an ASME Award
The November/December 2013 issue of The American Conservative is competing in the American Society of …
The Art of Reading, Fast and Slow
Many modern readers push themselves through speed-reading courses. If they haven’t time …
How Snark & Smarm Fall Short
The snark versus smarm debate has flooded our news feeds, after Tom …
Can Books and E-Readers Coexist?
A truce can be called between pixels and pulp.
Can the Print Magazine Survive?
Soon after the Kindle craze, some warned of print books’ imminent extinction—but …
Antiwar.com Editor Demands FBI File Fix
Eric Garris, co-founder and editor of Antiwar.com, says he filed a request …
The “Death of Writing” & Return of Oral Culture
Amidst reports of the ensuing “death of the novel,” former USA Today …