by JS O’Brien I sometimes post opinions that I know will get my head taken off. This is one of them. The media is wrong about AIG. The $400,000-plus retreat that has […]
Who's gonna run the government? Tell us, please. Now.
Yo, Barack! Hey, John! I know you’ve been busy, cruising around the country, giving those same ol’ stump speeches over and over again. (Doncha get tired of that? We sure do.) Park […]
A truth is a truth is a truth, isn't it?
Y’know, these days, so many people with so many different motives are trying to tell me in so many ways what the “truth” is that I wonder whether I’d recognize a “truth” […]
Quotabull
With the bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the Reagan revolution has at last realized the robber barons’ dream: privatize the profits and socialize the debt. Nicely done, fellas. — a […]
Awareness – the Green Constitutional Congress, part 1
Monday night, Dialog:City held the poorly attended Green Constitutional Congress with the intent to open a democratic dialog between the attendees and the panelists. Instead, what the attendees got was nearly 30 […]
Celebrating the heroes, damning the cheats, and always loving the game
This Olympics, 2008, we mortals have been in the company of gods. Michael Phelps. Eight golds. Seven world records. Usain Bolt. Two golds. Two world records. No-one who watched Usain Bolt actually […]
Gannett to whack 1,000 jobs: Wall Street wins; public loses
If you’re a CEO whose company has shorted its customers on quality and safety, you’re breathing a little easier today. If you’re a politician who has traded favors with the über-rich in […]
AP 2.0: Ultimately our mirror, for better or worse
As the season known as The Most Important Presidential Election Ever nears its apogee (or nadir, depending on your opinion of politics), news organizations ought to be putting as much time, treasure, […]
'I'll stand up to those special interests.' Really? How?
We are all going to die. When we do, an industry with 100,000 employees will annually collect about $11 billion in revenue from our survivors, who presumably love us and wish to […]
Say what? A new business model for news should begin with … profit?
It’s the new conventional wisdom: The news biz is dying. Declining circulation. Abandonment by advertisers. Falling revenues. Cuts in staffing to reduce costs. The news biz needs a new business model, the […]
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