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Brian Timpone is Killing Journalism
Posted on July 8, 2012 | No CommentsIn the June 29 episode of This American Life, Journatic founder Brian Timpone posits that his sweatshop media company, which farms out “local reporting” to the Philippines and Eastern Europe, is […] -
Doing Time for Committing No Crime
Posted on July 30, 2010 | 2 CommentsI suppose there’s never a good time to be wrongfully imprisoned, but now is as close to good as it gets. Today, Michael Anthony Green is scheduled to be a free man for the first time in 27 years. Green is now the longest-serving inmate to be exonerated in Texas. He was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1983. -
And who is my neighbor?
Posted on August 28, 2008 | 3 CommentsYesterday, a friend of mine with a pretty popular blog asked me to write a guest column. Naturally, I was thrilled. Jenny Simmons, lead singer of Addison Road and fellow Baylor grad, had written a post about the largest illegal immigration raid in history when a robust debate broke out. When she asked me to write a post addressing the question, “What should we as Christians do?” there were 9 comments. Just 24 hours later there were 18. Enter my column, reposted here. -
Mini-medalists face inquiry
Posted on August 22, 2008 | No CommentsBreaking news: The tiny children parading around in tights and flying through the air with the ease of babes are underage. What a shocker. -
I spent my 23rd birthday in jail
Posted on August 5, 2008 | 7 CommentsOK. So technically it was the day after my birthday, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it. -
So much for happily ever after
Posted on July 14, 2008 | 4 CommentsThis wasn’t the ending I was hoping for. After nearly two years of weekly mentoring an at-risk teen, I had hoped for a more climactic closure. -
Hug a tree for Jesus
Posted on July 1, 2008 | 4 CommentsWith the election looming and voter turnout up across the board, the youth vote has attracted its fair share of attention. Harvard University’s Institute of Politics reports that for the first time since Richard Nixon was in office, young people are turning out to vote in high numbers. Perhaps more interesting than sheer volume is how we youngsters are voting and why. -
The false hope of the death penalty
Posted on June 26, 2008 | 9 CommentsPop Quiz: What do Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and the United States have in common?