johngrubesic, originally uploaded by votergirl. As a writer of headlines (with a tendency toward bad puns and random hip hop references), there is nothing I like more than reading the daily papers’ headlines and pondering[…]

It was tempting to title this week’s cover story about Christian programs in New Mexico’s womens’ prison after Margaret Atwood’s famously dystopic novel, but I wasn’t sure the allusion would mean something to everyone, nor[…]

My email is, occasionally, very amusing. At least to me. For example: Hi Julia,  I read your recent interview with Noam Chomsky and wanted to contact you to let you know that Vonage, The Broadband Phone Company, is a[…]

I accept that relationships are based on compromise (or I accept it in theory. Hello, single?). I accept that work requires compromise—sometimes a mind-numbing amount. And I should, being the cynical journalist I’m supposed to[…]

Bleg! Blag! Blech! For some reason I always enjoy my Sunday time at work (so quiet, so peaceful), but Monday mornings make me feel a little ADD. I hope I haven’t caught misanthropy—that would be[…]