Geoff Livingston over at The Buzz Bin makes a great analogy – Newspapers Are Like Department Stores:
For department stores, many chains found their death in a trojan horse — the mall. With the rise of the mall, department stores were asked to anchor these megaplexes. But inside the smaller stores were more nimble, better competitors [...]

Over the last year incompetent leadership in high places has been denounced bitterly in both the private and public sectors. Across the nation calls for better oversight and regulation are increasing and the interest in transparency in government is growing.
As a political issue, “sunlight” is gaining traction.
In this case “sunlight” means ordinary citizens being able [...]

Thus screamed the 2 1/2 inch high front page headline in Friday’s Virginian-Pilot. The accompanying article laid out how a simple malfunction created chaos for Hampton Roads drivers.
A severe electrical and rain storm rolled across the bridge-tunnel Wednesday night, causing power outages and power surges. Apparently the power issues damaged a water main pump and [...]

Interesting to see the NRCC continue its negative false advertisements. Slow down guys! There’s a long time until January 2010, you don’t want to use all your lies all at once this year.

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Via TPM:

Despite lots of recent evidence to the contrary (see, e.g., Michelle Bachmann and Norm Coleman), I cling to the idea of Minnesota as a place that produces good politicians in a climate of genuine decency.  I’ve got high hopes for Franken.  Very.
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