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Six Tips for Writing the Perfect Piece of Hate Mail

Keli Goff | Posted 02.04.2012

Keli Goff

Here is a list of helpful hints to help you or the self-appointed critic in your life draft an effective piece of hate mail or blog comment that actually provokes thought as opposed to simply provoking chuckles.

If God Had A Blog, What Would The Comments Be?

The New Yorker | Posted 10.04.2011

UPDATE: Pretty pleased with what I’ve come up with in just six days. Going to take tomorrow off. Feel free to check out what I’ve done so far. Sug...

The Rabbi Who Believes In Zeus: Why All Intuitions Of God Are Incomplete

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Alan Lurie

No, I don't think that there is a huge bearded guy dressed in a toga sitting in a palace on a mountain in the sky. I believe in Zeus in the same way that Parmenides, Pythagoras and Plato did.

Does Anonymity on the Internet Breed Bravery or Cowardice?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Anonymity allows for brave as well as cowardly statements to be made that might not be made if the true identity of the speaker were disclosed, but such bravery is not often the case.

Honored Today With The Cabot Journalism Prize, I Will Use It To Grow The Cuban Blogosphere

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.17.2011

Yoani Sanchez

As I don't plan to wait to be allowed to open school of digital journalism in order to realize this project, I will begin it with bureaucratic and legal formality.

Court: Newspapers Aren't Obligated To Reveal IP Addresses Of Abusive Commenters

Silicon Alley Insider | Eric Krangel | Posted 05.25.2011

Thankfully, under the Communications Decency Act Web sites can't be held responsible for comments left on their pages. But can Web sites be forced to ...

How Blog Comments Can Make You Famous

The New York Times | ALLEN SALKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

But thanks to a particular wrinkle of Internet culture, DaShiv is a star, an internationally famous portrait photographer, feted and fawned over durin...