How Not to Write a Rejection Letter
This post was originally published on The Get Real Project. — I got a rejection letter recently from a committee for one of those mega-conferences, letting me know my speaker proposal had not been accepted. The letter was unbelievably polite. And therefore so very painful to read. Here’s what they wrote, and what I wish […]
Facts, Phrases, and Ferguson
“Hands up, don’t shoot,” became a chanted slogan for outraged protesters after Michael Brown’s killing in Ferguson, Missouri. There was considerable mainstream media skepticism from the beginning about whether Mr. Brown actually had his hands raised (see Washington Post, December 4; see Newsweek, December 2), though those suspicions didn’t hold back the popularity of the phrase as a rallying […]
Crime, Fear and Trust
Most casual readers of the general press know three things: crime is up, public safety is down, and trust is declining. The problem is: the first two are flat out wrong, and together they cast doubt on the third. Crime and Fear (The following data are compiled from the Atlantic, March 2015, Be Not Afraid). […]
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