It has been quite some time since a post with this heading appeared here. Life intervenes sometimes. But here is some Sunday morning reading to share.
I think there's an election coming up in a week or so, or maybe it is just a carnival. Not sure which. Regardless of the event, it won't end up meaning all that much, even with some exhausting themselves telling you it does. Carnival hawkers actually have more success, I think. Frank Rich actually wrote a column that made me think twice about cutting him out of my reading list this week. Worth a read to prove the point if you ignore the headline.
Steve Ballmer says the next version of Windows is Microsoft's "riskiest" bet yet. Well, OK, then. I like what Dave Winer says about this.
NPR fires Juan Williams and that becomes a story? No, actually, Williams becomes the story. No, wait, journalism becomes the story. Stop. Journalism should never be the story. Nor should journalists. But then we've moved away from that sometime forever ago. This little skit proves why folks are tuning out everywhere, or only tuning in to see themselves in the mirror. Give me a break.
WikiLeaks releases more secret documents about the Iraq war. Shock and awe turns into shuck and jive. I haven't read them all, but based on what the news media is leading with in covering the story, I'd say there is nothing new here in the big picture, so I'm not sure what the fuss is all about.
Focus is starting to swing to what is being called a Mexican Drug War. Lots of grisly violence and even more angst about it. I imagine this will become a bigger deal as times goes on. But I'll just say this. The criminals with guns trying to gain or hang on to power through violence and destruction are at least more honest then the power games we deal with in this country. Call that honesty brutal if you will.
