Hey, Internet: A team at the Columbia Journalism Review—yours truly, Dean Starkman, Ryan Chittum, Martha Hamilton, ex-of the WaPo and now of Politifact, and Felix Salmon of Reuters—are putting together a book of the best of the best business writing of the past, oh, 18 months or so. To be published by Columbia University Press
Procter & Gamble and the Hollowing Out of the U.S. Economy
It’s always nice to see a paragraph like this on the front page of the country’s biggest paper: In the wake of the worst recession in 50 years, there’s little doubt that the American middle class—the 40% of households with annual incomes between $50,000 and $140,000 a year—is in distress. Even before the recession, incomes
Forget That Ponzi Scheme Stuff
At the end of August, Nebraska senator Ben Nelson, a Democrat up for reelection next year, told members of the Lincoln Rotary Club that it didn’t look like he would support an extension of the payroll tax holiday the president negotiated with Republicans last Christmas. “I wish I could (support it),” he said. “But all
Bodily Functions
The scene may have been a long coach ride or a London park bench on a hot day, but the heart of the anecdote about Dr. Samuel Johnson remains the same: A woman of some means says to a sweating Johnson, “Sir, you smell.” Johnson replies, “No, Madame. You smell. I stink.” Johnson’s point, probably
The Scandal Beat
In December, Ohio State University suspended five of its football players for violating the rules governing intercollegiate athletics by exchanging their Buckeye memorabilia for various forms of payment, including the handiwork of a local Columbus tattoo parlor. Over the next few months, the digging of media outlets near and far pried… Share this: Tweet this!
