Individualism in America
Writing in the The New York Times back in May, David Brooks writes: So the story I’d like to tell is this: Over the past half-century, society has become more individualistic. As it has become more individualistic, it […]
Aaron Barlow
Raging Chicken Press Turns Two! Happy Birthday!
Dear Raging Chicken Press readers and supporters, Two years ago today Raging Chicken Press’s first issue hit the Internet. Back then we were publishing one online issue a month. That first issue featured: “An Open […]
Just What is “Breitbarting”?
Well, for one thing, it is not journalism. When I wrote “The Pride and Reward of Falsification: Post-Objectivity as Post-Responsibility” for the recent book News with a View (edited by Burton St. John and Kirsten Johnson) centering […]
Raging Chicken Press Makes “Most Clicked Headlines” Nationally on LeftyBlogs!
If there is one thing that I’ve learned since founding Raging Chicken Press about a year ago, it’s to welcome even the smallest bits of encouragement and recognition for the work we are doing–from reader’s […]
February Issue of Raging Chicken Press is Out! Happy Birthday Wisconsin Uprising
It seems like getting the February issue out took FOREVER! I don’t know if that’s what it felt like for all of you out there, but it was certainly my experience. But, the important thing […]
Lessons for Academics: What Journalists Know About Gatekeeping
In preparing my talk on peer review for the MLA conference in Seattle last week, I forgot that few of my fellow academics have much familiarity with ‘gatekeeping,’ certainly not to the extent that journalists have, especially […]
It’s (Finally) Here! December Issue of Raging Chicken Press
Wow. It has been quite an amazing month and the December issue of Raging Chicken Press reflects the kind of month it has been. It’s also pretty clear that we are already bursting at the […]
Diane Ravitch on the Failure of High Stakes Testing in Two Parts
Diane Ravitch: The Virtue of Admitting Error In a speech last week, education expert Diane Ravitch (and not for the first time) did something that our politicians are scared to death of doing: She admitting that she […]
November Raging Chicken Press Finally Here!
Yes, the long wait is over. The November issue of Raging Chicken Press is up. I am hoping that you will think it was worth the wait. As you might imagine, the Occupy/99% movement takes […]
How Far We’ve Come: Eroding CUNY’s Mission One Test at a Time
Oh, How We Justify! Oh, How We Turn Away! October 31, 2011 Yesterday, in partnership with Learning Specialist AE Dreyfuss, I presented a paper at “The CUNY Conference on Best Practices in Reading/Writing Instruction.” We […]