5...4...3...2...1... We Have Sequestration
Only a few more hours until the sequestration is scheduled to kick in. You can feel the tension. The anxiety. The pre-panic attack.On Wednesday, a dank and dire dread hangs in the air like malware....
View ArticleV Reasons To Love Roman Numerals
Pope Benedict XVI has left the Vatican.Love the Catholic Church or not, you have to admit the Roman numerals following a pope's name are distinctive. They set the pope apart from the rest of humankind....
View ArticleAn Age Old Problem: Who Is 'Elderly'?
When exactly does someone become elderly?A recent New York Timesstory calls a 69-year-old woman elderly. Philadelphia Metroconsiders 70 to be elderly.
View ArticleThe Bush Family Checklist
And the Bushes just keep on coming.In recent memory, there was George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States. Then there was George W. Bush, 43rd president.
View ArticleMaybe We Should Retire The Word 'Retire'
Retirement ads are everywhere these days. The Villages lures retirees to come live, love and golf in Florida. USAA offers financial counsel to retiring military personnel.
View ArticleThe First Gun In America
Guns and America were born around the same time and grew up together. Like feuding cousins, their histories have been linked ever since.Often helpful in American history — and often harmful — the...
View ArticleA Brief History Of Secret Recordings
Secret recordings are becoming a tradition in American politics.Like buttons, bunting and backslapping at barbecues, surreptitious audio and/or video surprises continue to pop up in political settings...
View ArticleWhat Boston Means To America
As a city, Boston is at the crux of this country's past, present and future.This was brought home on April 15 — Tax Day, Patriots Day, Marathon Day — when two deadly bombs exploded on historic Boylston...
View ArticleHow About You Be The Decider
You think you're so smart. You think it's easy being the president of the United States. OK, pal — here's your chance.One of the attractions of the new George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in...
View ArticleThe Protojournalist: An NPR Project
Seeing journalism changing. Storytelling, too.Looking for new ways to tell stories. Like looking for alternative energies.Stories are found everywhere – in a game, in graffiti, in a list, in a...
View ArticleDear NSA: Please Read This Email
To: The National Security AgencyFrom: The ProtojournalistSubject: Please feel free to read our email exchange with Wendy Nather, a high-tech analyst who focuses on security issues at 451 Research in...
View ArticleThe Love Song Of Ollie Cantos
Ollie Cantos – blind his whole life – has a law degree and has worked in the White House. He's overcome self-doubts, prejudices, naysayers and countless unforeseen – and unseen – obstacles to get to...
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World's Shortest Business Brief: The Smoffice
The World's Smallest Office competition is over. But will the Smoffice create jobs? Copyright 2013 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
View ArticleThe Life Of Paula Deen: In A Four Course Menu
Appetizer: Hogs In A Sleeping BagThese hearty kielbasas, partially hidden in puff pastries, represent Paula Deen's first catering company The Bag Lady— begun in 1989. It offered "lunch and love" ...
View ArticleElevator Pitch: Why Care About Washington?
My friend Mark Leibovich — a New York Times reporter — has written a book about the inner watchworkings of Power Washington called This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet...
View ArticleDear NSA: Please Read This Email
To: The National Security AgencyFrom: The ProtojournalistSubject: Please feel free to read our email exchange with Wendy Nather, a high-tech analyst who focuses on security issues at 451 Research in...
View ArticleBaseball Danger: An Instant Conversation
Starter: You know, with all the talk in recent years of "bounty hits"— tackles designed to knock opposing players out of professional football games — among players in the NFL, it may be easy to forget...
View ArticleAre There Too Many 'Hillionaires' In Washington?
Capitol Hill is rife with rich people — "hillionaires," if you will.Writing in The New York Times, Nicholas Carnes, a public policy professor at Duke University, points out that millionaires show up in...
View ArticleWhy Are Most Rampage Shooters Men?
Aaron Alexis, the man who police say killed more than a dozen people at the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16, has joined a heinous parade of mass murdering shooters, nearly all men.It's a fact. Since...
View ArticleHaiku In The News: Reality In Riyadh
Poetry is important. And the hope for this standing feature of The Protojournalist is that by searching for a poetic nugget in the constant rush of news we can slow down for a moment and contemplate...
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