National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation examined some of the recent political issues concerning libraries, including the Patriot Act and the recent Supreme Court ruling, on Wednesday, July 2. Matthew Battles of Houghton Library at Harvard University gives a historical perspective about political action related to libraries, including the FBI’s observations of [...]
Back in May, a pair of house finches began building a nest on my balcony at work. After a few days of difficult work, they left. A pair came by today to get some nesting materials and some bird seed. Since they seemed to know that nesting supplies and food were available [...]
Tony Blair is demanding that the BBC apologize for the reporting they have done about how the British government may have exaggerated the status of weapons in Iraq to gain support for action against Saddam Hussein and his regime. A recent investigation into the dossier by a British government committee has found that at [...]
Roswell Daily Record Sports Editor Gregory Jones was fired in June for using quotes from a character in “Caddyshack” and creating three paragraphs in an article about a golf tournament.
Someone posted this link to Newslib, a listserv used by many news librarians. It begins like a typical 404 error, beginning with “The New York Times story cannot be displayed.” Keep reading and you’ll realize that it is not a typical 404 error, especially since it isn’t on The New York Times Web [...]