It’s all over the media this morning, after weeks of semi-substantiated rumor. The Bancroft family has sold Dow Jones. For us news hounds, that means The Wall Street Journal is changing hands. The Journal offered an irresistible offer to college students when I was in grad school. For more than four years we’ve gotten the […]
We were talking Sunday over coffee about the Demzette publishing a conversational yet solid-punching essay by UA’s Mohja Kahf as the lede piece in the Perspective (editorial) section. Under her name is printed The Washington Post, where the piece first ran a week ago. We were proud. Mohja is one of us. Not just a […]
Relaxation tip: Ignore the presidential campaigns because it’s 15 months before November 2008. It’s six months before any primaries that matter. Why get worked up? A good part of the chaff will be be blown away by either luck or strong campaigners so you won’t get your hopes up for some goofus. Entertainment advice: Enjoy […]
This week, the newspaper says, the town of Lowell is installing a $1,500 Panasonic video camera on a 200-foot cell tower. It will record the “south, west, north and portions of the east sides” 24 hours a day. Mayor Perry Long says, “It will be used for security, not for observation. We’re not in the […]
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They offered me the office, offered me the shop They said I better take anything they got Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do really wanna be a cop? Career opportunities are the ones that never knock” — from “Career Opportunities,” Joe Strummer/Mick Jones, The Clash Copyright 2007 Ben […]