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The rise of ‘self-defeating copy-editing’    (2011.05.12)

When it comes to copy-editing (and especially quotation marks), do the exact opposite of everything Ben Yagoda says

Gay athlete has nowhere to go    (2011.04.17)

What’s the lesson out soccer player Anton Hysén has to teach us? That there’s no cultural place for the masculine gay male

What keeps gay athletes in the closet? Journalists, for a start    (2011.03.04)

Straight reporters will do anything to keep us in the closet. They’re also the last to realize that, as a topic for journalists, “gays in sports” is over

Computer press so liberal it puts gays back in closet    (2011.02.02)

Apple COO Tim Cook is gay, but the truth about gay lives is something the technology press never wants to report

Battle of the business card    (2010.09.23)

Patrick Bateman, American Psycho: “Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God – it even has a watermark”

Jonathan Ive: Print the legend    (2010.01.18)

Jonathan Ive drives a DB7, not a Rolls or Bentley. But how might he defend his choice of the latter?

Wheels EthicsWatch    (2008.05.18)

Is the Toronto Star Wheels section always up front about receiving free trips and four-star hotel accommodation in exchange for car reviews?

Biggarçoons (sic)    (2005.05.31)

Would ‘Ratz Are Nice (PSP)’ violate WCAG 2?