September 11, 2011 What remains Jennifer Steil On September 11, 2001 I was in a yoga class in midtown Manhattan, envisioning a peaceful universe, when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. But it wasn’t until I had raced through a shower and was heading out of the locker room that I knew. Oddly, [...]
Sep
07
2011
This is the unedited piece I wrote for The Washington Times, for those interested in the longer version! Jennifer LONDON – The grass-carpeted grove of trees just inside the Rosary Gate of Battersea Park is known as the American Ground. When the park was first created in the 1850s, it was planted with North American [...]
Jul
26
2011
Dancing on the grave of the News of the World The most shocking thing about the recent News of the World phone hacking scandal is that the Brits are pretending to be shocked. Our precious tabloid newspapers? Behave unscrupulously? We’re stunned! Come on, people. For decades, the UK’s tabloid press has been renowned for paying [...]
Jul
14
2011
Do new mothers really need The X Factor? It was one of the more memorable days of my life. I was stretched out on a narrow hospital bed, gazing raptly at the tiny person in the bassinet next to me. After spending the first few hours of her life studying the world around her with [...]
Jul
05
2011
Julian Assange: Criminally dull? It held such promise. A conversation between controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and outspoken Slovenian philosopher Slovaj Zizek—how could that be anything less than sizzling? Plus, it was moderated by Amy Goodman, hard-hitting, award-winning host of Democracy Now! It had to be hot. Yet sparks failed to fly at The Troxy [...]
