Why we need Michael Jackson

Friday, June 26th, 2009

If the elections in Iran have brought out the best in Twitter, Michael Jackson has brought out the worst.  His death June 25 unleashed a torrent of morbid celebrity gawking that brought Twitter to its knees.  (Ironically his death will also give him a bigger career boost than anything he ...

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Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Whoever complained about intrusive advertising hasn't read the May 2008 issue of Vanity Fair, where the advertising eclipses the content. If you need any convincing, I give you the opening sentences of a head-scratching cover profile of Madonna: "The world is a series of rooms, which are arranged like concentric ...