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Seeing Stars: Chris Colin, "Rate This Article"

Did you “like” or rate something online today? Do you ever get tired of being asked to review products, restaurants, movies, and so on? In this essay from Wired, Chris Colin assesses assessments and reviews reviews. Colin is author of What Really Happened to the Class of ’93 and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Wired, Smithsonian, and other publications.

Read it here: Colin, "Rate this article: What's wrong with the culture of critique"

Bud Selig's Base on Balls: Dave Zirin on Baseball's Civil Rights Game

Civil rights and baseball? Think Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947. But what about civil rights and baseball today? Dave Zirin thinks there’s plenty going on and plenty to talk about. Zirin writes for Sports Illustrated, has a weekly sports-related satellite radio program, and is sports editor for The Nation, where this column first appeared in May 2011. 

Read it here: Zirin, "Santana Is Booed for Using Baseball’s Civil Rights Game to Speak Out about Civil Rights"