Kent State Massacre 40 years later: ‘Get set!’ ‘Point!’ ‘Fire!’ orders said to be in enhanced recording
Four Kent State University students—including Bill Schroeder, an ROTC cadet whose funeral I wrote up for the Lorain Journal—died 40
Author: David Rothman
David Rothman is the founder and publisher of the TeleRead e-book site and cofounder of LibraryEndowment.org. He is also author of Drone Child: A Novel of War, Family, and Survival. Other books are The Solomon Scandals novel and six tech-related books on topics ranging from the Internet to laptops. Passionate on digital divide issues, he is now pushing for the creation of a national digital library endowment.
‘Red Hot Patriot’ play is B’way-bound for sure if Philly gross is any hint: $437K in single-ticket sales
The Molly Ivins play—remember, Molly was the uppity newspaper columnist with a dog named Shit and a sassy ‘tude to
Arizona guv vs. the ET threat? Aliens among us—even in the White House press corps? Earthling IDs needed?
Who says Arizona’s governor is a racist rabble-rouser willing to use Gestapo tactics against Hispanics and many other nonwhites by
Washington Post vs. Allbritton’s TBD Web startup plans: BOTH sides could do better
Mediaite has it right. Halfhearted measures like a kind-of local blog network are not enough to protect the Washington Post’s
Hyperlocal journalism: Georgetown publisher robbed—and eager to tell neighbors about it. Lesson for the Washington Post?
Update, 1:47 p.m.: Post rival’s local news strategy—a Poynter Institute item. – D.R. My online friend Beth Solomon, publisher of
Don’t scandalize away students’ idealism: Clueful questions from history class at George Washington
Jon Stone isn’t the only one Q & A-ing me these days. At George Washington University yesterday, I answered clueful
Student newspaper raided at JMU: As if a slavery-blind Guv isn’t enough for Virginia
Virginia, where the governor honored "Confederate History Month" without at first even acknowledging the evils of slavery, has another winner
Henry Adams and the education of David Rothman
Somewhat related: Don’t scandalize away kids’ idealism: Clueful questions for me from history class at George Washington. – D.R. My
Death notice gouges: $450 for 182 words in the San Francisco Chronicle?
Alan "Newsosaur" Mutter balked at paying the $450 that the San Francisco Chronicle wanted to charge for a "one-day run
David Rothman at Large 