I wasn’t planning on being too thankful this Thanksgiving. I am still not planning on it, to be honest. Of all holidays, Thanksgiving is supposed to be the one day […]
Politics and police, courtrooms and criminals – all of these things have always made me a little bit more excited than is reasonably expected. So much so that if I […]
When I was trying to start a blog over the summer, I was stumped. I wasn’t stumped for lack of things to write about; instead, I couldn’t figure out what […]
Journalists are known for going great lengths to get the perfect story. Traveling into war zones, risking their lives, calling every source and pulling every string – these are all […]
Our society is obsessed with lists. Lists of status, lists of failure. Lists deciding who is the sexiest, wealthiest, best dressed, best educated, most successful, most likely to succeed and […]
I have a varied intellectual history with presidential polls. For the majority of my life, I had no reason to believe that polls predicting George Bush’s win over John Kerry […]
Although news is meant to be objective and fair, it is virtually impossible to cover a story without bringing a bit of oneself into the interpretation. Thus, a story is […]
The beauty of America is found in the freedom every citizen has to vote for whichever candidate, party or proposition he or she wishes. No matter how close the election, […]
On Saturday night, I was sitting in the Biola University Cafeteria, staring at my computer, all alone. My food was barely touched. My article that was due yesterday was unfinished. […]
After watching Shattered Glass, a movie which documents the story of disgraced young journalist Stephen Glass, who was fired after it was revealed that he had fabricated several of his noteworthy stories, […]
