Something to Talk About

The Internet as a communications tool

By Justin Peters   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:31 AM

“The irony is that in all its various guises—commerce, research, and surfing—the Web is already so much a part of... More

Something to Talk About: Further Reading

By Justin Peters   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Inventing the Internet, by Janet Abbate. A solidly researched, no-nonsense look at the Internet's early days. The Charles Babbage Institute... More

You Should See His Classical Music Reviews…

By Justin Peters   Aug 10, 2009 at 02:00 PM

From the Bizarrely Incongruous Ledes Department, here's how Washington Post reporter Steve Yanda leads his recap of yesterday's Nationals/Diamondbacks game... More

Buggin’ Out in Baltimore

By Justin Peters   Jul 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM

I have a longstanding fascination with mattresses, bedbugs, night terrors, and other such factors that can confer or deny a... More

Burger Meister

Meet Kevin Pang, cheeseburger critic for the Chicago Tribune

By Justin Peters   Jul 9, 2009 at 01:47 PM

Kevin Pang reviews cheeseburgers for the Chicago Tribune—in print, online, and as the creator and host of a video program... More

Life and Death

Profiling Krishna Andavolu, managing editor of Obit

By Justin Peters   May 21, 2009 at 03:57 PM

Krishna Andavolu is the managing editor of Obit (www.obit-mag.com), an online magazine intended for those interested in obituaries, epitaphs, elegies,... More

CJR Rewind: I Was a Tool of Satan

Cartoonist Doug Marlette “maps the dark turn of intolerance”

By Justin Peters   Feb 19, 2009 at 05:16 PM

Last year, I drew a cartoon that showed a man in Middle Eastern apparel at the wheel of a Ryder... More

Track Good Ledes on Twitter with #goodlede

CJR on Twitter, part one

By Justin Peters   Dec 5, 2008 at 02:32 PM

Every now and then, I come across an article with a killer lead sentence, like this one, by Anthony Daniels,... More

NYT Headline Zen

Times headline or Zen koan?

By Justin Peters   Nov 11, 2008 at 05:41 PM

From Slate today, a look at some New York Times headlines that double as pieces of metaphysical wisdom. Among the... More

Hitting The Spot

Spot.us launches today

By Justin Peters   Nov 10, 2008 at 12:43 PM

Word has it that Spot.us, former CJR intern David Cohn's community-funded journalism startup, will be launching late this afternoon. An... More

Thomas Lauren Friedman, Meet Barack Hussein Obama

Friedman on Iran and transliteration

By Justin Peters   Oct 29, 2008 at 04:11 PM

From Thomas Friedman's New York Times column this morning: Barack Hussein Obama would present another challenge for Iran’s mullahs. Their... More

Attack Media

GOP rhetoric bears responsbility for attack on reporter at Palin rally

By Justin Peters   Oct 17, 2008 at 04:59 PM

From Romenesko comes the news that a reporter for the Greensboro News & Record was attacked yesterday at a Sarah... More

Six Ways To Improve The Debates

Think the debates are boring? We can rebuild them!

By Justin Peters   Oct 9, 2008 at 08:30 AM

The consensus seems to be that Tuesday night’s presidential debate was extremely boring. Here are six viable suggestions for how... More

Character Counts

For both Obama and McCain

By Justin Peters   Oct 8, 2008 at 09:04 AM

The presidential campaigns' recent detour to the dirty side has pundits decrying the strategy as manipulative and irrelevant, and urging... More

Just A Reminder…

By Justin Peters   Oct 2, 2008 at 08:35 PM

We're live blogging the vice presidential debate over at Campaign Desk. All are welcome. More

On Message

By Justin Peters   Sep 26, 2008 at 10:34 PM

From NRO's The Corner blog: Obama's Problem [Mark R. Levin] What strikes me most about this debate is how often... More

Suitcase Bombs

By Justin Peters   Sep 26, 2008 at 10:30 PM

OK, Barack Obama, a "suitcase bomb" doesn't actually fit in a suitcase. It's a figure of speech. More

John McCain: “I Have A Record”

By Justin Peters   Sep 26, 2008 at 10:07 PM

"It's Whipped Cream And Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I play it in the mornings, when... More

Kevin Drum Must Have A Hangover

By Justin Peters   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:47 PM

Or he must be feeling extremely tired, or grumpy, or disengaged, or something. Selections from his debate live-blog: 9:13 -... More

Hanging Out At CNN’s Forum

By Justin Peters   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:35 PM

"Debate the debate," CNN promised when touting its online "CNN Forum" before the debate began. It's a decent idea --... More