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Meh.
Since U.S. News’ “Washington Whispers” blog ran this on 8/7/08, there’s a deluge of pshop obviousness…goatse, Obungholes, you name it. I’ve ignored it until today, as a last-minute sort of thing. Then, I saw The Coin. It’s a Soviet coin, with Lenin directing economic traffic. To a standstill, eventually.

Meh.

Since U.S. News' "Washington Whispers" blog ran this on 8/7/08, there's a deluge of pshop obviousness...goatse, Obungholes, you name it. I've ignored it until today, as last-minute sort of thing. Then, I saw The Coin. It's a Soviet coin, with Lenin directing economic traffic. To a standstill, eventually.

Pat Buchanan argues against a move to create “diversity” in the newsroom:

I spent the night sleeping in the most expensive room I have stayed at in the last fifteen years. Thing is?

There is a great book available called Manufacturing Consent that addresses how our media frames the issues and is complicit in advancing the status quo inte

Recently I heard the director of admissions at one of the nation’s premiere universities blame U.S. News & World Reports on the absurdly competitive process that now surrounds college admissions.

One interesting piece of news: Last week, Usability/User Experience Specialist was named one of U.S. News and World Report's Best Careers. And it had a nice little write-up. Pretty nifty.

I've actually had quite a bit of fun talking about what I do over the last couple of week with my job. I've been fortunate to basically fall into a profession that I really enjoy and feel like I have some kind

• Print is Dead is on vacation
  Observation by Rex: I guess he’s thrown in the towel with my “Digital is Dead” counter-offensive. For the record, “Digital is Dead” is never on vacation.

Last year at this time, I was curled in the fetal position whimpering in my dark bedroom.  My phone wasn’t ringing.  While at work, these phones weren’t ringing.  Something was up in the real estate world and that something was real estate business was waaay down.  January through May ‘07 were early indicators to me that the economy was turning bad.  We then started hearing the news about subprime loans hitting the housing industry below the belt.

I’ve been reading my latest edition of U.S. News & World Report and besides politics, crime, the war, etc., I found an interview with Bill Gross, the founder of one of America’s largest bond funds management companies.  His answers to questions about the housing industry were very interesting and make me even more curious about what is being discussed in the backrooms of Washington, D.C.