Columnist
Beam is a columnist for the Living/Arts section. Before joining the Globe as a business reporter in 1986, he worked for Newsweek magazine and Business Week. Beam has authored four books and was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
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Nostradamus, he’s not
By Alex Beam , Globe Columnist
With Beam taking a yearlong leave of absence, he decided to draft predictions for the forthcoming year.
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‘Dear USPS . . .’
By Alex Beam , Globe Columnist
Amid post office cutbacks, a missive about the good, the bad, and the future of the United States Postal Service.
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Pirates at bay?
By Alex Beam , Globe Columnist
Even if the tide has turned in the crusade against Internet upload sites, content-protection watchdogs aren’t letting their guard down.
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The 15 percent non-solution
By Alex Beam , Globe Columnist
There’s a price to be paid for preferring to tip only when absolutely necessary.