Links and commentary on media, politics and culture by Steve Rhodes.

 
An article in the New Yorker on the late Stephen Jay Gould.

posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/29/2002 04:24:00 PM

 
On Thursday, Frontline will be airing The Man Who Knew about John 0'Neil who was the FBI's top counterterrorism agent before becoming chief of security at the World Trade Center where he was killed in the attacks. The New Yorker ran a piece on him in January.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/29/2002 04:18:00 PM

 
On October 12th, a Gerhard Richter retrospective opens at SFMOMA. The NYT Magazine ran a profile of him in January.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/27/2002 10:25:00 PM

 
Salon had an article on using digital cameras in domestic violence back in July (I linked to one in the NY Times the begining of September). David Talbot links to it and a number of premium articles (which are free at least for now) in a letter pitching subscriptions.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/27/2002 04:25:00 PM

 
On Oct. 9th, the ABA is giving (currently the second story) over 250 books to George and Laura for the White House library. If he could get through them, many of the books could enlighten him.

Here are just a few (they are drawn from the Booksense 76 lists found in many independent bookstores and the Booksense award winners and nominees) :

Botany of Desire, The: A Plant's Eye View of the World --
Pollan, Michael (has an in-depth look at marijuana)

Culture of Make Believe
Jensen, Derrick

Doghouse Roses -- Earle, Steve

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal -- Schlosser, Eric,

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America --
Ehrenreich, Barbara

Poisonwood Bible, The --
Kingsolver, Barbara

Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and the Architecture of Decency (he built
housing for low-income people in the south)

San Francisco Poems --
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

To Kill a Mockingbird --
Lee, Harper,

Trials of Lenny Bruce, The: The Fall and Rise of an American Icon
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/26/2002 07:17:00 PM

 
This is the 1988 column Bob Greene wrote about the high school student who came to interview him. I've changed her first name and cut her last name since she doesn't want to be named.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/23/2002 04:39:00 PM

 
I'm going to see Anthony Lane read at A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books Tuesday night. Before then, I should read Laura Miller's review of his book, a profile in the LA Times, and John Power's column on him. Lane's review of Sweet Home Alabama and The Four Feathers.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/23/2002 11:11:00 AM

 
The NYT Fall Arts Preview. An article on a song coming out against a war with Iraq.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/14/2002 02:51:00 PM

 
NYT mag article on raw food.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/06/2002 07:23:00 PM

 
I posted an item to bud.com on the article on former G.E. CEO Jack Welch's posh retirement.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/06/2002 10:09:00 AM

 
From Deal Lunch: "Brown University junior Laura Rothenberg's KNITTING 21: The Transplant Chapter, a diary from the last two years, during which she had a lung transplant, to Bob Miller at Hyperion, for six figures, for publication in spring 2003, by Joy Harris." Rotherberg's audio diary about growing up with cystic fibrosis was heard on NPR in August and covered in the New York Times. You can listen to the diary and a follow-up piece. A transcript is also online at the site of Radio Diaries which produced the piece. It would be smart for Hyperion to include a CD with the book.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/03/2002 03:01:00 PM

 
MEDIA WATCH ALERT on PBS NewsHour September 3, 2002

*SEPT. 11'S IMPACT ON THE NEWS

With anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks fast approaching, news agencies
are preparing to cover commemorative events and reflect on the attacks'
impact on people in the United States. But is the American public
already oversaturated with Sept. 11 materials? One watch group, Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), has charged that the news media -- in
preparing to "exploit America's grief" -- have ignored important,
though less sentimental, stories, such as the issue of civil liberties
post-9/11.

Tonight, media correspondent Terence Smith sits down with Aaron Brown,
anchor and managing editor of CNN's NewsNight; Andrew Heyward,
president of CBS News; media analyst Nancy Hicks Maynard; and Howell
Raines, executive editor of The New York Times, to discuss the
media's post-Sept. 11 challenges and responsibilities.

Visit www.pbs.org/newshour/media after 9 pm Eastern time for more
information on this segment.

posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/03/2002 02:10:00 PM

 
Digital Photos Give the Police Edge in Domestic Violence Cases
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/03/2002 01:59:00 AM

 
30 of 49 Palestinians killed in August were civilians and plans for an investigation.
posted by Steve Rhodes at 9/01/2002 01:37:00 AM