Alex Beam, A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books (New York: Public Affairs, 2008).

April 17 - Alex Beam, 68, pitcher for the 1889 Pittsburg Alleghenys of the National League.

In The Boston Globe, Alex Beam wrote, "Welcome to Blogistan, the Internet-based journalistic medium where no thought goes unpublished, no long-out-of-print book goes unhawked, and no fellow 'blogger,' no matter how outré, goes unpraised."

Alex Beam of the Boston Globe, wrote that the book is "a series of dramatic revelations for the ignorant", and continues to say, "Ehrman notes that there have been a lot of changes to the Bible in the past 2,000 years.

GRACEFULLY INSANE: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital, by Alex Beam.

GRACEFULLY INSANE: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital, by Alex Beam.

On September 1, 2009, Alex Beam referenced Courrielche's report in his Boston Globe column and Courrielche appeared on Fox News with host Glenn Beck.

Alex Beam (born 1954) is an American writer and journalist, who is a columnist for The Boston Globe.

Alex Beam of The Boston Globe called the Palomino Blackwing "better than an iPad", but some pencil enthusiasts felt the pencil strayed too far from the original Blackwing 602's design.

Alex Beam goes further in the Boston Globe , calling it a "despicable, wooden memoir."