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[Don't Quote Me]

all articles by Dan Kennedy

Too close?

The secret Kraft meeting; plus, the Herald shuffle

A new Taylor

The Times Company casts a vote of confidence for the Globe's ruling dynasty

Shouted down

A clarion cry of economic trouble is muffled by the Man

What the media missed

Alger Hiss was one of this century's most revealing cultural icons

Cheap shot

The Globe's David Warsh takes aim at John Kerry's war record

On fire

Was the arson in West Roxbury racially motivated? Depends which paper you read.

Night vision

The Net reflects and amplifies our dark fears about terrorism

Not himself

How I unmasked Anonymous. (No, not that Anonymous.)

Standard time

Can Bill Kristol's hip journal grow into a major player?

What scandal?

Whitewater book blames media; plus, radio daze, Joe Fitz and gays

Slate ahoy

Kinsley heads for uncharted waters with a great on-line mag

Reality check

A $2.8 million campaign to expose the liberal media

Leaderless

The real reason good candidates aren't running for office

Clinton rehab

Slick Willie to cuddly Tigger Plus, liberals and nihilists

Media maggots

Free-time movement shows why the public hates the press

Thin Reed

Dole puts his faith in Ralph's rhetoric; Fidelity's gag order

Meaning politics

Michael Lerner's crusade to restore our nation's spiritual values

Road warrior

Bill Gates fights to keep the world safe for Microsoft

The doctor is in

James Fallows on how to cure what ails the news media

Suffer the children

In their rush to re-examine the Fells Acres child-abuse case, the media risk harming the real victims: the children, now teenagers, who were forced to participate in unspeakable acts

Fine whine

Leftist scribes snatch despair from the jaws of opportunity

Radio waves

Howard Kurtz on the rise of the talk culture

Indecent act

Cyberspace censors leave trail of anger and confusion

Dancing in the dark

Even with conservatives setting the terms of national debate, liberal elitists remain smugly in the past
- A conversation with Robert Samuelson

Merger mania

With the media rushing toward monopoly, alternative voices must fight to be heard

Alone in left

Can the reinvigorated Nation craft a new progressive vision?

Truth or dare

The strange case of Ruth Shalit and the Washington Post

Gov. No-stick

Why the public doesn't care about Bill Weld's bad press
-Fresh scandals, forgotten