Ryan Chittum

Strassel: Conservatives Became Targets in 2008

online.wsj.com — The White House insists President Obama is "outraged" by the "inappropriate" targeting and harassment of conservative groups. If true, it's a remarkable turnaround for a man who helped pioneer those tactics. On Aug. 21, 2008, the conservative American Issues Project ran an ad highlighting ties between candidate Obama and Bill Ayers, formerly of the Weather Underground.

How the Government Saved Lives in Moore, Oklahoma

newyorker.com — Moore, Oklahoma, is not unfamiliar with tornadoes: it gets hit by one about once every five years. But the one that touched down there on Monday seemed especially cruel. The storm laid waste to nearly everything in its seventeen-mile path, destroying thirteen thousand homes, causing approximately two billion dollars in property damage, injuring two hundred and thirty-seven people and killing twenty-four, including nine children, so far.

Leonard Downie: Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism

washingtonpost.com — Leonard Downie Jr. is a vice president at large of The Washington Post, where he served as executive editor from 1991 to 2008. He is the Weil family professor of journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and a board member of the nonprofit Investigative Reporters and Editors.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

thedailyshow.com — Ronald Reagan fan-fiction author Peggy Noonan criticizes President Obama over the IRS scandal. Airdate - 05/22/13

Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

bigstory.ap.org — NEW YORK (AP) - Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.It happened at an apartment building on West 47th Street at about 7:40 p.m.

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M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found

nytimes.com — It was a vision that never saw the light of day. The year was 1949, and computers and robots were still largely the stuff of science fiction. Only a few farsighted thinkers imagined that they would one day become central to civilization, with consequences both liberating and potentially dire.

A year after Times-Picayune announced cutbacks, news habits changing in New Orleans

thelensnola.org — Last year, shortly after The Times-Picayune announced that it would stop daily publication to focus on its website, photographer Bevil Knapp captured images of the daily newspaper ritual around New Orleans. WWNO's Eve Troeh joined her this week to see how people and communities are adapting.