Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
At age 21, I was handed control of a million-dollar company with more than 250 employees when I was named editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel, the independent student newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The only reason I ever came to the University of North Carolina was to work for…
In 1994, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer finally got what was coming to him when fellow inmate Christopher Scarver beat him to death in a prison bathroom. And which of Dahmer’s many crimes finally pushed Scarver over the edge? Being too damn good at pranks. From the New York Post: Christopher Scarver — who fatally beat…
Vin Diesel is a witch hunter. Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) is a witch. Michael Caine is a priest. Together, they fight crime! Wait, no. That’s wrong. They fight evil witches! This movie looks amazing and ridiculous and I think I’ll have to marry it. It tells the story of an immortal witch hunter —…
A 29 Photos From the Baltimore Protests That Shut Down New York City.
It’s dueling MLK quote season again. Both sides are making accusations of selective reading at the other, and given that many people on either side have probably read very little of his words that don’t appear on a poster, both sets of accusations are perennially accurate. We might make a policy of saying that if…
BALTIMORE—Calling it an emergency measure designed to ensure public safety and order, Baltimore officials held a press conference Wednesday urging all residents to stay indoors until the natural evolution of social progress takes shape over the next century. “Given the ongoing situation in our city, we ask that everyone remain within their homes for the…
A Tom the Dancing Bug comic strip Doonesbury’s Charlie Hebdo Problem — The Nib — Medium.
The revolution WILL be given permission Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History — The Nib — Medium.
What if a stalker had an army? Zoe Quinn’s ex-boyfriend was obsessed with destroying her reputation—and thousands of online strangers were eager to help. The first thing Eron Gjoni said after sitting down across from me at Veggie Galaxy in December was that he would probably violate his gag order if he talked to me….
Many years ago I pitched a magazine editor on a story about Bernie Sanders, then a congressman from Vermont, who’d agreed to something extraordinary – he agreed to let me, a reporter, stick next to him without restrictions over the course of a month in congress. Sidebar Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton’s Fake Populism Is…