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In these discussions Harder learns that Gawker has long used unpaid internships as a part of its business model, and this might be an opportunity for a third front. “I was talking to some former employees of Gawker and one of them mentioned that Gawker had hundreds of interns and none of them were paid,” Harder says. “Gawker was basically getting free labor. And I had talked to an employment lawyer about this in New York and they said it’s one hundred percent against the law.”
All around the government, the Trump administration failed to fill crucial Asia-related diplomatic and professional posts in its first year, leaving huge gaps in embassies and agencies that were meant to deal with the China challenge and manage the alliances around the region. There’s no real explanation for this except gross negligence and broad dysfunction and a disdain for the bureaucracy writ large by some in the White House.
Chaos Under Heaven
Josh Rogin
Rhythmic Practice Rhythm is a fundamental music skill, and practicing your rhythmic skills on something other than your main axe is a good idea. It’s pretty easy to learn the basic playing techniques for a small percussion instrument. Lots of musicians I’ve talked to about practice play the drum set, too, people like Serge van der Voo, Erin McKeown, and others. The benefit of playing a rhythm instrument is that when you play, rhythm is your main focus: not notes or scales, just rhythm—the almighty Beat. It’s a refreshing change. Very few days go by that I don’t spend some time playing conga, djembe, or small percussion. Rhythmic practice is important enough to get its own chapter, which is coming up next.
The Practice of Practice
Jonathan Harnum
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