Category Archives: Blogging

Books, blogs, and the future

Author T.L. Davis emails: Luke: I have been watching some of your videos, reading your blog and some of your interviews and intend to do so in the future. You have a good presence and a frank delivery that seems … Continue reading

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Ken Layne Returns To Wonkette

Nick Denton writes on Gawker: I am, says Jacob Weisberg, doing a "Cheney" — heading the search committee for a new managing editor of Gawker, and choosing myself. Thanks for that. Yes, Brian Stelter had the story right. The site … Continue reading

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Perhaps Fear Of Blogs Will Deter Those Who Fear Not God?

Yossi Ginzberg responds to Rabbi Avi Shafran’s blast against blogs: Yes, all true, but… “If not for the fear (of government sanction) men would eat each other alive” (Avos). By censoring scandals out of the “frum” media, by forcing “Panim … Continue reading

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Rabbi Avi Shafran: Blogs “Evil,” “Infested,” “Close on the Heels of the Swindlers and Pornographers”

From YeshivaWorld (via FailedMessiah, see this related post of mine): There was a time, not terribly long ago, when disturbed individuals bent on broadcasting angry fantasies had only soapboxes in public parks from which to rant. And respectable people knew, … Continue reading

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Six Easy Ways To Make $100

The MyMoneyBlog is my favorite personal finance blog. Here’s a popular entry: 1) Earn interest on your idle cash. Open up a high-yield savings account that links up directly with your existing checking account and pumps up that piddly interest … Continue reading

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