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Even Ross Douthat came out swinging yesterday in favor of the slain cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo (“The Blasphemy We Need“). Since it is difficult to find even one square inch of common ground between right and left in American politics, this ought to have come as good news. Unfortunately, Douthat’s Take is yet another of…
Only when it doesn’t endanger their ability to make a profit. “Freedom of speech” has perhaps never looked so confused. In the days immediately following a massacre at French comics magazine Charlie Hebdo last week that left at least 12 people dead and 11 injured, multinational tech companies rallied support. Donations have poured into Charlie…
Photo Credit Keetra Dean Dixon close shareTools YEARS ago, while producing the hit TV series “The Shield,” Glen Mazzara noticed that two young female writers were quiet during story meetings. He pulled them aside and encouraged them to speak up more. Watch what happens when we do, they replied. Almost every time they started to…
article start Seven years after the recession began, only one in 50 U.S. counties has fully bounced back, according to a study the National Association of Counties released Monday. The 2014 County Economic Tracker shows that 65 of the nation’s 3,069 counties have met or surpassed prerecession levels in four measured categories: jobs, unemployment rate,…
John, you’ll conduct Percy, you’ll be on violin what’s my instrument, Papa? your instrument is listening, Mary the greatest instrument of all you don’t have to point that so close to me well you keep backing away, silly how are you supposed to really hear it if you keep backing away into corners oh i…
Mark Zuckerberg in 2013. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with the contradictions of promoting free speech while running the world’s biggest social network, after being called out on the gap between his words and Facebook policy. Zuckerberg, who has been outspoken in his support of Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech in…
Aram Zucker-Scharff 4 hrs · So I saw Agent Carter’s first two episodes over the weekend and wow, it wants to be Fringe pretty badly huh? English (US) · Privacy · Terms · Cookies · Advertising · More Facebook © 2015 So I saw Agent Carter’s first two episodes over… – Aram…
Is anyone else sick of the jerk genius? You know the one. He’s unprofessional, lazy, selfish and rude, and even makes frequent sexist and racist remarks against the people around him, but that’s OK, because he’s a genius. He’s the best doctor/detective/scientist around, so everyone will put up with his jerkitude. Respect for others is the foolish pastime of…
Hi there. We’re trying something new out for the new year, which means Gawker’s going to be publishing things a little differently. Let me explain. Starting today, Gawker.com is going to slow down. Don’t worry—as an editorial operation, we’ll still be producing as much writing as we did before (probably even more). We’re just going…