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Normal marginalia

As I catch up on a few things following my return, here’s some more traditional (i.e., non-Springsteen) marginalia

I understand some of the rationale and the impact of the digital age, but there’s just something inherently wrong with the concept of emptying a library of books. (NYT article – registration required). A story in the […]

A bit more marginalia

As a lawyer I see the federal government’s A Journalist’s Guide to the Federal Courts as a worthy venture. (Via Media Law). As a former journalist who spent a few years on the “cops and courts” beat, I remember when you were expected to learn this in the j school’s public affairs reporting or […]

More marginalia

A few more items that crossed my computer screen while I was concentrating on other committments:

Wired News has an interesting little piece on what Amazon may be seeking to do with some of its new content. (Via if:book). Although I cannot attend, I want to at least mention The Native Voice Film Festival going […]

Notes and riffs

Work and family commitments have kept me from substantive posting. Here’s a few odds and ends worth looking at:

Thrasher has a good post on one of his Neil Young blogs regarding Young’s song “Ohio” and today’s 35th anniversary of the shootings at Kent State that gave rise to the song. (Via Blogcritics). Thrasher’s blog […]

Weekend marginalia

The Serenity trailer created a bit of buzz at Yahoo. Searches went up 95 percent on or following its release. The Dakota Activist Musicians Network (DAMN) has launched a zine called The Prairie Fire. Issue #1, consisting primarily of politically-oriented analysis, prose and poetry, is available at the online library of sdradicals.org. Thomas Sipos […]