Conservative internet publisher and avid blogger Andrew Breitbart died yesterday. He was 43. Friends and acquaintances described the Big Hollywood founder as intense – a passionate conversationalist who never left work no matter where he went. But Breitbart was hounded by health problems and high blood pressure. The intensity of his personality was matched only by [...]
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by Erik Kain on March 1, 2012
Andrew Breitbart, founder of Big Government and a host of other conservative blogs, died last night at the age of 43. That’s too young for anyone, regardless of how well you’ve lived. And while I found myself on the opposite end of the political spectrum from Mr. Breitbart, his work as a trailblazer for online [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 20, 2012
Mike Elk has written a long screed aimed at wonkish bloggers who, he argues, are taking jobs from “real” journalists. It’s a confusing post and I’m not sure why Mike wrote it other than to settle a grudge against his ideological opponents on the left like Matt Yglesias. There are several reasons why I think [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 29, 2011
Much fuss and hullabaloo has been made over Ezra Klein lately who has, apparently, stepped outside of some abstract journalistic standards in order to play the part as activist. Here’s the Investor’s Business Daily: The problem here is not just that he blurs the lines between journalism and activism. It’s that the Post is perfectly [...]
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You should really spend a few minutes reading Forbes contributor J Maureen Henderson’s post on how to improve your writing. This bit is my favorite: There’s a difference between making everything about you and infusing yourself into everything you write. The former is lazy, narcissistic and all too common. The latter is how you develop [...]
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I enjoy poking fun at dishonest arguments from time to time, but one thing I enjoy even more is having a little fun with dishonest headlines. I recently wrote a piece about Michigan charter schools in which I quoted a professor, Dr. Gary Miron of Western Michigan University, who testified before the House that 80% [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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How Storify And Pinterest Are Cultivating The Wild Web, And Why Social Media Will Civilize The Internet
by Erik Kain on February 23, 2012
The buzz these days in the tech universe has been all Pinterest all the time, and with good reason. Pinterest gives people the ability to curate photos on various online pinboards easily and quickly, and to follow pinboards curated by others. Instead of asking users to set up their own account from scratch, Pinterest users [...]
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