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The Gray Lady needs a get-a-grip friend

March 31, 2013Russell Saunders 15 Comments

Attention, aspiring writers!  I have glorious news for you.  If you have struggled for years to find a publication that will accept your offerings, your long wait is over.  The venerable New York Times, august paper of record for the… Continue Reading →

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This is the paper of record?

July 30, 2012Russell Saunders 26 Comments

The other day, in criticizing a frivolous and annoying but otherwise harmless article in the New York Times, I wrote this: I really like the New York Times.  Really, I do.  It’s generally the second or third site I visit… Continue Reading →

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Every doctor’s nightmare [updated]

July 12, 2012Russell Saunders 22 Comments

This story is heart-breaking: For a moment, an emergency room doctor stepped away from the scrum of people working on Rory Staunton, 12, and spoke to his parents. [snip] Two days earlier, diving for a basketball at his school gym,… Continue Reading →

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Is it ethical to pose as an ethicist?

June 8, 2012Rose Woodhouse 55 Comments

The NYT‘s Ethicist column has a new pencil pusher: Exciting news for Chuck Klosterman fans. The pop culture and music critic best known for his Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs collection has landed a sweet new gig at the New York Times Magazine writing… Continue Reading →

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From the annals of lousy medical reporting

May 31, 2012Russell Saunders 35 Comments

I was otherwise occupied on May 25, so I missed this article in the New York Times about Miralax, a commonly-prescribed laxative.  (Hat tip: Edith Piaf.)  The piece is such a shambles, it beggars belief that it was published.  It… Continue Reading →

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