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Journalism Is Not Narcissism

Hamilton Nolan · 01/02/13 12:13PM

Every year, thousands of fresh-faced young aspiring journalists flood our nation's college classrooms, in order to learn how to practice their craft. What should we tell them? This, first: journalism is not about you.

Dear Abby Is Totally Cool With Your Teenage Sons Showering Naked With Their Friends

Camille Dodero · 10/12/12 04:45PM

Dear Abby is a very famous advice column that's been published since the ‘50s. Pauline Phillips founded it under the pen name Abigail Van Buren; her daughter Jeanne Phillips took over the column after her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This Abby, it seems, can be a bit of a hippie.