Blame it on CAR

Fascinating brief link on Romenesko today, to a conservative blog that links to a claim that the mortgage/credit crisis is all the fault of ...

Some updates

Not much to report here, except that I have added some new news researcher blog links to the NewsliBlog 's sidebar. And, for those of yo...

Miami makeover

I hadn't seen the new Miami Herald website until I noticed a mention at South Florida Daily Blog . Yep, the site is easier to navigate ...

Where's a news researcher when you need one?

Interesting stuff in this first part of Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin. Obviously, she needs a researcher: Couric : But can ...

40 Years Ago

(An occasional reminiscence on the events of 1968 ) This month, Yale junior Garry Trudeau began to draw a comics series about the football t...

Books...and social networks

When I was a kid, maybe 12 or so, I was enjoying reading so much I wanted to keep track of my books. So I started a file card system. It las...

Charts, sometimes no other words needed

From Digby , today: (Via Economists for Obama ) From South Florida Daily Blog , a few days ago: (Via Little Joe ) Or even this earlier versi...

A new news researcher blog

Sharon Clairmont, of the Orange County Register, has started the Answers. Sources. Knowledge. Blog. Lots more news researcher blogs listed ...

Follow up

Just a bit more on the last post. Just in case you missed it, we knew Tina Fey would be perfect as Palin but this is amazing: http://www.yo...

That woman

Amazing the amount of interest Sarah Palin's raising around the country. I heard talk of her everywhere this week, places I wouldn't...

Drug mystery, research roundup, and blogging status

I'm always a sucker for a good conspiracy mystery, especially when it involves drug planes, the CIA, and south Florida. So here's a ...

Political conventions, protests and politics (shades of '68)

Deja vu. Amazing news about the arrest of Amy Goodman and two colleagues from FSTV and Democracy Now , as St. Paul and Minneapolis police ...