alex beamThe Web Forgets … or Does It? (Surprise!)
There is a lot more forgetting on the internet than… More »
My Recent Boston Globe Work Should Be Here
My “landing page,” something like that.
Here Are Three of My Pro-Amazon Puff Pieces
Anything to go against the flow. Now that their business… More »
Chris Beam’s Hong Kong Dispatches, In One Place
The New Republic sent Chris from Beijing to Hong Kong… More »
Noam Chomsky & The Zombie Apocalypse
This column got a lot more (positive) reaction that I… More »
On Footnotezzzzzzzzzz
This column was footnoted, but appeared much better in print.
I write occasionally for “AB” magazine
… the “organ” of the Boston Society of Architects. Of… More »
The Very Talented Christopher Beam
As long as Google and, by extension, the world, have… More »
“American Crucifixion” updated with reviews, etc
Here is the Amazon write-up for the book, where you… More »
Summer Camps to “Little Willie” — Drop Dead!
My youngest son is a head counselor at a camp… More »
Are Elephants the New Dolphins?
I argue that the only possible answer is: Yes!
John Kerry Speaks … No One Listens
The cruelest fate of all … getting what you want.