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So you think you can blog?
We tested our contestants' blogging skills this week -- asking them to write tight and bright on a range of topics, and on deadline. They each had to devise a recurring feature. They had to join a think tank call on Obama's Asia trip -- a subject beyond their comfort zones -- and then turn around a quick post. And they had to return to and reconsider one of their previous posts in light of a reader comment. Our panel of judges declared Kevin Huffman winner of the round, granting him the pundit card and automatic advancement. Who should join him in round 3? Cast your vote!
Posted by Marisa Katz on November 10, 2009 12:00 AM
FROM THE CONTESTANTS
On Leadership: Red Sox president Larry Lucchino
I asked him about recent front-office changes, the decision to keep Fenway Park, and a new partnership with Mass. General Hospital.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 12, 2009 3:35 PM
Obama's Asia trip II: civil unrest in China
One commenter questioned whether civil unrest was really all that likely in China.
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 12, 2009 2:45 PM
Getting outside the bubble
Where can a progressive gal find a little ideological diversity?
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 12, 2009 2:40 PM
Crowdsource the vote
Take election monitoring into your own hands.
Posted by Zeba Khan, on November 12, 2009 2:38 PM
No ladies allowed in Publishers Weekly's top 10
What you should do about it.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 12, 2009 1:40 PM
Response to Agassi critique
My perception of Agassi gets turned upside-down.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 12, 2009 12:00 PM
Responding to your comments
Punditry shouldn't be just about who screams loudest.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 12, 2009 11:46 AM
Job growth requires multiple reforms
There's a problem with the 'first do jobs, then do other things' approach to governance.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 12, 2009 11:07 AM
The complexity of philanthropy
One commenter pushed me on the issue of a donor's trust in an organization.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 12, 2009 10:38 AM
An idea for Detroit
Make the city a center of Islamic finance.
Posted by Zeba Khan, on November 12, 2009 10:30 AM
Are there any rules for TARP?
The Obama administration's enormous pot of money.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 12, 2009 10:02 AM
Don't worry, be happy
We may be 'headed in the wrong direction,' but Americans don't seem to mind.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 12, 2009 8:40 AM
Things that make you go hmmm
David Letterman and Blackwater. Fake condoms and the one-child policy.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 12, 2009 8:14 AM
Follow-up on 'Social Innovators'
What do I think about the prospects of Obama's $50-million Social Innovation Fund? Well, here goes.
Posted by Zeba Khan, on November 12, 2009 8:00 AM
Good Crazy: animal kingdom odd couple
This should be required viewing for the Senate.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 12, 2009 6:30 AM
Night Cap: The biggest story that you missed
New crowd-control policies at retailers mark the most significant cultural change to holiday shopping since Cabbage Patch kids.
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 12, 2009 12:09 AM
Fisher House follow-up
A place for veterans and their families to heal.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 11, 2009 5:15 PM
Letter to my cousin on Veterans Day
When you joined the Marines, I was blind to your reasoning -- and my own privilege.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 11, 2009 4:04 PM
Honoring veterans, sharing burdens
Contributing more than words this Veterans Day.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 11, 2009 3:31 PM
Stupak-Pitts isn't just bad for women
There's another constituency that should give a damn: men.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 11, 2009 2:05 PM
Great expectations
Political theorists are hedging bets on a new U.S. policy toward emerging powers.
Posted by Zeba Khan, on November 11, 2009 12:04 PM
Obama heads for Asia
On the way to a big meeting in Singapore, he is spending time with a new government in Japan, and talking turkey with China about economic stimulus policy and about North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 11, 2009 11:58 AM
Obama's Asia Trip: What to Expect
Here's what to look for as the president visits Japan, Singapore, South Korea and China.
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 11, 2009 11:57 AM
Obama's Asia trip starts on common ground
It makes a difference that he is returning to a region he once called home.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 11, 2009 11:50 AM
Beyond Green Jobs
What should be the focus of America's environmental agenda?
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 11, 2009 9:37 AM
Is no news good news?
As President Obama sets off on a four country Asia trip, I am hoping that I hear very little about it over the next eight days.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 11, 2009 9:01 AM
Good Crazy
Remember the horror that was school picture day?
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 11, 2009 8:43 AM
Things that make you go hmmm
Anthony Kennedy goes slumming and Bill Clinton rallies the troops.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 11, 2009 8:31 AM
Social innovators
Inspirational social entrepreneurs who are creating a substantive impact on the world around them.
Posted by Zeba Khan, on November 10, 2009 11:32 PM
Night Cap: a review of the day's biggest news
Good evening, fellow night owls. Please join me each evening to kick off our shoes, pour ourselves a drink, and share some quick thoughts.
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 10, 2009 9:12 PM
On the Trail: day-one analysis
Thoughts on two candidates running for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 10, 2009 8:21 PM
On the Trail: Steve Pagliuca
An interview with Steve Pagliuca -- who wants voters to see him as more than owner of the Celtics.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 10, 2009 7:43 PM
UN's Choice: declaring Afghanistan election 'credible'
Should it have given its stamp of approval to President Karzai?
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 10, 2009 7:26 PM
John's Choice: Halting donations until the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell
Gay rights activists take a big political risk.
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 10, 2009 6:08 PM
Sophie's choice: Health-care reform or women's rights
The House's anti-abortion health-care bill.
Posted by Maame Gyamfi, on November 10, 2009 6:03 PM
Justice must be served!
What to do with Andre Agassi.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 10, 2009 4:41 PM
On the Trail: Mass. special election, Alan Khazei
An interview with Alan Khazei, one of the candidates running to fill Ted Kennedy's seat.
Posted by Jeremy Haber, on November 10, 2009 4:06 PM
A story makes the giving go down
Is it a problem if a microfinance organization deludes us into generosity?
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 10, 2009 4:03 PM
Good Crazy
Models of making the world better through not-so-serious means.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 10, 2009 1:00 PM
Things that make you go hmmm
The DC-area sniper tests the boundaries of anti-death penalty perspectives.
Posted by Kevin Huffman, on November 10, 2009 9:41 AM
Fort Hood tragedy centers secondary trauma
The U.S. military has an epidemic on its hands.
Posted by Courtney Martin, on November 10, 2009 9:18 AM
