Print is Dead. Right?
For the first time in a long time, there’s serious newspaper competition in New York—actually, newspaper competition anywhere would be newsworthy… But, New York is the big leagues. NYT vs. WSJ, fight! David Carr says: The fight bears watching...
Can Soccer Save South Africa?
High expectations mask tough realities On May 15, 2004, Nelson Mandela wept on stage when South Africa was chosen to host the 2010 World Cup, and then-president Thabo Mbeki declared that “South Africa’s time has come.”...
The Times Charges Ahead
New online business model will help the press serve the public good Early next year, when the New York Times begins to enforce a metered system...
Misguided Environmentalism
Flagstaff Lake, Maine Last summer I worked for five weeks as a member of an Appalachian Trail crew, living in tents in Northern Maine while performing maintenance...
Doing Well in Doing Good
Can capitalism work for charity? Economists are no strangers to knee-jerk argumentation. Their soundest arguments are often those that strike most sharply...

