I have chosen to follow an essay series called "Modern Love" from the New York Times instead of a specific journalist. This weekly column has a huge range of subject matters but all of them have the common thread of being examples of love in the modern world. A few examples I came upon while looking through some of the more recent essays were a story about a woman contacting her birth mother through facebook, a man taking care of his paralyzed wife, and woman falling in love shortly after discovery she had breast cancer. I was drawn to this column because the stories are all so different and each one provides a new angle on the concept of modern love.
I decided to follow a blog from the NY Times called Green Inc. The blog describes the environmental movement and the different ways people are dealing with the changing face of business and life in a "greener" world. I have been interested in the idea of the "slow food" movement when my brother told me about it, but this blog provides an opportunity for me to learn about other "green" movements.
I would like to follow the New York Times' series "Lives." I was hoping to find a writer or series involving travel, and these human interest essays definitely fit the bill. I have already read through a few and they chronicle events in people's lives, either in first person (experienced by the writer) or as seen by the writer. They take place in and involve stories from numerous nooks and crannies around the globe.
I've decided to follow a New York Times writer by the name of Lisa Belkin. She writes a weekly blog called "Motherlode" for nytimes.com. The blog explores modern parenting; everything from homework to sex and all that's in between. Lisa has been a contributing writer and blogger for the New York Times Magazine for around ten years. I chose her blog because the way she describes parenting is both frightening and funny and hopefully will help me gain a new appreciation for my own parents.
I have chosen to follow Maureen Dowd. She has a very opinionated view on life and I find her work incredibly interesting, and entertaining to read. She writes about anything from Sarah Palin and Bill Clinton, to a supermodel that was recently bashed on a google blog. I think that her experience as a writer and her precision in the way she writes will help me improve my writing.
I have decided to follow Steve Dahl from the Chicago Tribune. He's a radio personality who has enlivened Chicago airwaves since 1978, following a stint in Detroit and several in southern California, where he was born and raised. He has a very opinionated view and I find him to be incredibly entertaining. His unwillingness to attack anything, from Obama's healthcare plan to celebrity making sex tapes, enthralls me and will keep me on alert for his upcoming columns
I have decided to follow Steve Dahl from the Chicago Tribune. He's a radio personality who has enlivened Chicago airwaves since 1978, following a stint in Detroit and several in southern California, where he was born and raised. He has a very opinionated view and I find him to be incredibly entertaining. His unwillingness to attack anything, from Obama's healthcare plan to celebrity making sex tapes, enthralls me and will keep me on alert for his upcoming columns
Ok, so i'm gonna be daring and out of the box and choose something that's not part of the New York Times.....I;m actually going way towards the other side to follow a blog in Vanity Fair called the Gossip Pack. Yeah, it talks about the fun gossip from Hollywood, but also talks about Obama, the world.....in a humorous way....
I've decided to follow New York Times Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman. He writes about a range of topics, some of which include current events (especially regarding the middle east) and environmental issues - both of which interest me. I was reading his piece from this past Sunday, "Connecting Nature's Dots," and I really enjoyed the clever way he articulated his thoughts. Hopefully, through following his work, I will not only gain exposure to some really intriguing ideas, but I'll also become more creative in the way I express my own thoughts through writing.
I have chosen to follow Mark Morford, a writer for the SF Chronicle. He writes a witty column called "Notes & Errata" twice a week. I first discovered his column in 2006 when my dad showed me one of articles titled, "Naked, misled sleepers, awake already!" - a description of various fake epidemics having to with sleeping such as sleepsex, sleepdriving and sleepvoting to reveal our society's tragic faults. I have not read one of his articles since as I only realized his column was ongoing recently. I am excited to hear what other clever and revealing things he will write.
I am following the Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. She has written seven books on American politics (which is her specialty), and is a political conservative. She was assistant to President Reagan and also was chief speechwriter for George Bush (Senior - so she can write with legible grammar) during his run for presidency. She lives in New York City and is frequently a guest on political talk shows and whatnot.
I got this info from: http://www.peggynoonan.com/biography.php
Upon some consideration, I have chose to follow E.J. Dionne Jr, a columnist for the Washington Post. My interest in his column is twofold. Firstly, he writes with a very strong voice and a clear, if somewhat left-of-center and whiny, opinion. Secondly and selfishly, this will serve to re-educate me about my passion, American politics, which fell by the wayside during the summer. I can't wait!
I'm going with Meghan Daum. I wrote out an entire explanation, but when i clicked publish it said there was an error and i lost everything i wrote. I'll summarize: Her style of writing appeals to me, she's mainstream/pop-culture oriented which is out of my norm, she writes for the LA Times in California which might make some topics more tangible. Now I'm going to ctrl+v this and hope it posts.
ok so I'm changing what i am following: Barbara Brotman from the Chicago Tribune....I really like her quirky article topics and the titles too! I also enjoy the writing style
I have chosen to follow Ellen Goodman and her columns for the Boston Globe. She calls herself a social commentator, who writes about pressing social issues ranging from politics to home life using skepticism as humor. She has followed the women's movement and how it effects people's private and public lives.
I will follow the work of Caitlin Flanagan throughout the semester. She is a writer for the Atlantic who frequently writes about motherhood, sexuality, and the lives of women today. Flanagan is self-effacing about her own presumptions and actions, but also critiques the attitudes of modern America around these topics. Her columns give an honest look at the difficulty between sexes and how these problems play out in life. She looks into the psychology around and history of her topics, and thinks deeply about the parts of day to day life that are so often overlooked.
Hi everyone! I have chosen to follow the NY Times blog "Freakonomics." Specifically the articles written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. It's an opinion blog on "the hidden side of everything." Basically exclamations for why things are the way they are which I find super interesting.
I have chosen to follow Vanity Fair's Michael Wolf. Wolf has a daily blog called Off The Grid which covers current issues in politics and power. I decided to follow this piece, because I'd like to know more about political issues in this country and i thought Wolf presented the topics he covered in an accesible and interesting way
I have chosen Paul Krugman. He won the nobel prize last year for his work in economics. He writes twice a week for the New York Times and his writing is like nothing I have ever read. He is not afraid to dig into issues that most columns I have read just touch the surface of. He is inspiring to me because he is so brutally honest in a witty and incredibly intelligent way. When reading some of his past few articles, I felt like I was going from one "wow" moment to the next.
I'm glad I chose Meghan Daum if only for this paragraph: "because contemporary humans in industrialized nations love to stereotype their fellow humans based on consumer preferences, it's rather amusing to watch supposed hippies swap loyalties with supposed neocons as if they were nervous couples at a swingers party. It's also a rather sad commentary on the perniciousness of stereotypes and the myriad opportunities for time-wasting afforded by the Internet and its attendant culture of righteous indignation." She makes good points while maintaining a humorous, though sophisticated voice. People should read her latest article on Whole Foods: http://www.meghandaum.com/latimes_column_2009.htm
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I have chosen to follow an essay series called "Modern Love" from the New York Times instead of a specific journalist. This weekly column has a huge range of subject matters but all of them have the common thread of being examples of love in the modern world. A few examples I came upon while looking through some of the more recent essays were a story about a woman contacting her birth mother through facebook, a man taking care of his paralyzed wife, and woman falling in love shortly after discovery she had breast cancer. I was drawn to this column because the stories are all so different and each one provides a new angle on the concept of modern love.
I decided to follow a blog from the NY Times called Green Inc. The blog describes the environmental movement and the different ways people are dealing with the changing face of business and life in a "greener" world. I have been interested in the idea of the "slow food" movement when my brother told me about it, but this blog provides an opportunity for me to learn about other "green" movements.
I would like to follow the New York Times' series "Lives." I was hoping to find a writer or series involving travel, and these human interest essays definitely fit the bill. I have already read through a few and they chronicle events in people's lives, either in first person (experienced by the writer) or as seen by the writer. They take place in and involve stories from numerous nooks and crannies around the globe.
I've decided to follow a New York Times writer by the name of Lisa Belkin. She writes a weekly blog called "Motherlode" for nytimes.com. The blog explores modern parenting; everything from homework to sex and all that's in between. Lisa has been a contributing writer and blogger for the New York Times Magazine for around ten years. I chose her blog because the way she describes parenting is both frightening and funny and hopefully will help me gain a new appreciation for my own parents.
I have chosen to follow Maureen Dowd. She has a very opinionated view on life and I find her work incredibly interesting, and entertaining to read. She writes about anything from Sarah Palin and Bill Clinton, to a supermodel that was recently bashed on a google blog. I think that her experience as a writer and her precision in the way she writes will help me improve my writing.
I have decided to follow Steve Dahl from the Chicago Tribune. He's a radio personality who has enlivened Chicago airwaves since 1978, following a stint in Detroit and several in southern California, where he was born and raised. He has a very opinionated view and I find him to be incredibly entertaining. His unwillingness to attack anything, from Obama's healthcare plan to celebrity making sex tapes, enthralls me and will keep me on alert for his upcoming columns
www.Chicago-Tribune.com
I have decided to follow Steve Dahl from the Chicago Tribune. He's a radio personality who has enlivened Chicago airwaves since 1978, following a stint in Detroit and several in southern California, where he was born and raised. He has a very opinionated view and I find him to be incredibly entertaining. His unwillingness to attack anything, from Obama's healthcare plan to celebrity making sex tapes, enthralls me and will keep me on alert for his upcoming columns
Ok, so i'm gonna be daring and out of the box and choose something that's not part of the New York Times.....I;m actually going way towards the other side to follow a blog in Vanity Fair called the Gossip Pack. Yeah, it talks about the fun gossip from Hollywood, but also talks about Obama, the world.....in a humorous way....
I've decided to follow New York Times Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman. He writes about a range of topics, some of which include current events (especially regarding the middle east) and environmental issues - both of which interest me. I was reading his piece from this past Sunday, "Connecting Nature's Dots," and I really enjoyed the clever way he articulated his thoughts. Hopefully, through following his work, I will not only gain exposure to some really intriguing ideas, but I'll also become more creative in the way I express my own thoughts through writing.
I have chosen to follow Mark Morford, a writer for the SF Chronicle. He writes a witty column called "Notes & Errata" twice a week. I first discovered his column in 2006 when my dad showed me one of articles titled, "Naked, misled sleepers, awake already!" - a description of various fake epidemics having to with sleeping such as sleepsex, sleepdriving and sleepvoting to reveal our society's tragic faults. I have not read one of his articles since as I only realized his column was ongoing recently. I am excited to hear what other clever and revealing things he will write.
This is Peter Cameron!
I am following the Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. She has written seven books on American politics (which is her specialty), and is a political conservative. She was assistant to President Reagan and also was chief speechwriter for George Bush (Senior - so she can write with legible grammar) during his run for presidency. She lives in New York City and is frequently a guest on political talk shows and whatnot.
I got this info from:
http://www.peggynoonan.com/biography.php
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Upon some consideration, I have chose to follow E.J. Dionne Jr, a
columnist for the Washington Post. My interest in his column is twofold.
Firstly, he writes with a very strong voice and a clear, if somewhat
left-of-center and whiny, opinion. Secondly and selfishly, this will serve
to re-educate me about my passion, American politics, which fell by the
wayside during the summer. I can't wait!
My writer is a columnist in the LA times. His name is Gregory Rodriguez. He typically writes about politics and race.
I'm going with Meghan Daum. I wrote out an entire explanation, but when i clicked publish it said there was an error and i lost everything i wrote. I'll summarize: Her style of writing appeals to me, she's mainstream/pop-culture oriented which is out of my norm, she writes for the LA Times in California which might make some topics more tangible. Now I'm going to ctrl+v this and hope it posts.
ok so I'm changing what i am following: Barbara Brotman from the Chicago Tribune....I really like her quirky article topics and the titles too! I also enjoy the writing style
I have chosen to follow Ellen Goodman and her columns for the Boston Globe. She calls herself a social commentator, who writes about pressing social issues ranging from politics to home life using skepticism as humor. She has followed the women's movement and how it effects people's private and public lives.
I will follow the work of Caitlin Flanagan throughout the semester. She is a writer for the Atlantic who frequently writes about motherhood, sexuality, and the lives of women today. Flanagan is self-effacing about her own presumptions and actions, but also critiques the attitudes of modern America around these topics. Her columns give an honest look at the difficulty between sexes and how these problems play out in life. She looks into the psychology around and history of her topics, and thinks deeply about the parts of day to day life that are so often overlooked.
Hi everyone!
I have chosen to follow the NY Times blog "Freakonomics." Specifically the articles written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. It's an opinion blog on "the hidden side of everything." Basically exclamations for why things are the way they are which I find super interesting.
exclamations = explanations
... my bad!
I have chosen to follow Vanity Fair's Michael Wolf. Wolf has a daily blog called Off The Grid which covers current issues in politics and power. I decided to follow this piece, because I'd like to know more about political issues in this country and i thought Wolf presented the topics he covered in an accesible and interesting way
I have chosen Paul Krugman. He won the nobel prize last year for his work in economics. He writes twice a week for the New York Times and his writing is like nothing I have ever read. He is not afraid to dig into issues that most columns I have read just touch the surface of. He is inspiring to me because he is so brutally honest in a witty and incredibly intelligent way. When reading some of his past few articles, I felt like I was going from one "wow" moment to the next.
I'm glad I chose Meghan Daum if only for this paragraph:
"because contemporary humans in industrialized nations love to stereotype their fellow humans based on consumer preferences, it's rather amusing to watch supposed hippies swap loyalties with supposed neocons as if they were nervous couples at a swingers party. It's also a rather sad commentary on the perniciousness of stereotypes and the myriad opportunities for time-wasting afforded by the Internet and its attendant culture of righteous indignation."
She makes good points while maintaining a humorous, though sophisticated voice. People should read her latest article on Whole Foods:
http://www.meghandaum.com/latimes_column_2009.htm
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