Brad Rourke

Brad Rourke’s Blog

  • An Interview With Prince

    I ran across a very interesting piece the other day. It’s LA Times pop critic Ann Powers’ blog post about her five-hour personal interview with none other than Prince. This piece was interesting for two reasons. First, it was interesting on a journalistic level. The piece is a great example of how a reporter can…

  • The Garage

    @bobbygwald retweeted an interesting post that is worth sharing. (If you do not know what that sentence means, you will within twelve months). It’s the rules of the garage: Believe you can change the world. Work quickly, keep the tools unlocked, work whenever. Know when to work alone and when to work together. Share tools,…

  • In The Entourage

    It turns out that it was not Queen Latifah who had her jewlelry stolen in Tobago, but a member of her entourage, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Express. Reading the item made me remember that I used to be in an entourage myself. What a strange life it was. Unless you have been in…

  • Philanthropy's Unique Advantage

    My good friend Dave Moore writes of a middle ground when it comes to leadership at philanthropic foundations: [A]t times foundations need to act in a “top down” or “leadership” way to innovate and take on tough issues. The critique is that this behavior is undemocratic and at times even autocratic. I think there is…

  • Philanthropy’s Unique Advantage

    My good friend Dave Moore writes of a middle ground when it comes to leadership at philanthropic foundations: [A]t times foundations need to act in a “top down” or “leadership” way to innovate and take on tough issues. The critique is that this behavior is undemocratic and at times even autocratic. I think there is…

  • Bailing Out Newspapers?

    All across America, newspapers are faltering, cutting corners, cutting circulation. But healthy journalism is important to our public life. What to do? One Connecticut lawmaker sees a way to help. In these days of bailout after bailout (steel is getting into the act now), why shouldn’t we help newspapers? According to Reuters: Connecticut lawmaker Frank…

  • The NFL's Panopticon

    The NFL has built a perfect version of the Panopticon. What is that, you ask? I have long been fascinated with the Panopticon. In an essay about four years ago I described it: In 1787, one of the great thinkers of English history, Jeremy Bentham, proposed a new design for a prison. He called the…

  • The NFL’s Panopticon

    The NFL has built a perfect version of the Panopticon. What is that, you ask? I have long been fascinated with the Panopticon. In an essay about four years ago I described it: In 1787, one of the great thinkers of English history, Jeremy Bentham, proposed a new design for a prison. He called the…