Thursday, April 19, 2007

Time Magazine, the Voice of America

Jeffrey Kluger writes:

Of course, plenty of people fail tests and end romances and even suffer unspeakable abuse as children. And while there are a lot of narcissists in the world, many of whom crash and burn in their personal and professional lives, only an infinitesimal fraction of even the most unstable people lash out in remotely as violent a way as mass killers do. So what should we look for in people for whom such a homicidal rage is a real risk?

From this article, in which a journalist attempts to psychoanalyze a killer.

With all the cracks I make about terror, the truth is that you can be killed at any second by someone flying a plane into you or gunning you down. The arms race is on! As DB writes in a recent email, "Better get your pistol permit like I just did!"

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was going through Flickr, looking at pictures of Columbia University, and under one of your pictures, it said they wait-listed you. Have you gotten in yet? I was wondering if you could help me out, and tell me what they like in prospective students majoring in journalism. I'm only fourteen, but I figured I should start planning now.

Thanks!
With love, Natalie.

6:14 PM  
Blogger Rob said...

Dear Natalie,

Nope, I've been on that waiting list for about eight years now. It helps if your parents are rich, but if you're smart enough, you don't need to go there anyway.

On the career side, I think that most news outlets value experience as much as if not more than name-brand degrees.

On the life side, chill out!

Rob

10:07 PM  
Blogger Dan said...

Natalie:

1. Edit your school newspaper.
2. Drink alcohol.

Rob:

I demand you also tag this post "citizens win."

10:06 PM  

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