Puttin’ the Objective in Objectivity

Jared Diamond, author of Collapse , wrote a book review of Questioning Collapse – a critique of his own book – for Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science . Without mentioning that Questioning Collapse was, well, questioning Collapse . Sound shady? We think so too. Watch the morality debate rage on via StinkyJournalism.org and learn more about the ethical and factual mistakes that QC contributor Carl Lipo thinks Jared Diamond made on Evolution Beach.

Back to Work – Baby News and Blues!

Welcome back Sadhika!!! News from the frontlines of motherhood by one of Cambridge’s favorite publicists – a guest post – on her beautiful baby girl and the big bad return to work.

Hilary Earl on New Books in History

Marshall Poe’s latest podcast on New Books in History features historian Hilary Earl and The Nuremberg SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial, 1945-1958. In the first historical examination of the arrest, prosecution, and punishment of the leaders of the SS-Einsatzgruppen, Earl takes on one of the most important and insufficiently studied trials of the Holocaust. Posing hard-hitting questions on the nature of mass murder, Earl’s unique interdisciplinary approach synthesizes a range of historical, social, scientific, and legal resources to provide new insight into the individual motivations of those who sought to carry out the Final Solution.

The New Demand for Print… on Demand

With the rising popularity of print-on-demand (POD) publishing, The Economist considers the impact of new technology on our industry. As the power of print becomes the power to press print, will POD prove a boon or a burden for publishing’s supply chain?

Thanks for the good times!

Just a quick note of farewell as I move on to Pittsburgh, departing Cambridge after 3 lovely years. Thanks to Cambridge for a great environment, and to you, authors and readers, for your responsiveness and good ideas.

Don’t worry, the blog will be in good hands with Caitlin.
-Jonathan