Keeping The Powder Dry....

Undoubtedly you've noticed the posting has been light recently. That's mostly because I've been extremely busy with work and travel, and partially because of the fairly flat news landscape over the past week or so. It seems the media is trying to fill this void with what's essentially speculation about the Plame investigation. Instead of spilling ink on warmed-over iterations of what we already know, I'd rather wait to see what Fitzgerald actually does. We're almost there, right? Regarding the New York Times piece, nothing I read began to repair the tattered perception of that newspaper I've had for several years now. I read the Times religiously for about twenty-five years. After Jayson Blair, I cut way back. After Judy's exploits, I stopped buying the print version completely and continued to read it on the internet only rarely. When they went to a pay version of the op/ed page, I laughed. The only reporter there I would pay to read is Gretchen Morgenson, who's world-class. The rest of the paper---via Blair and Judy and everything else---has shown utter contempt for its readers. There was a time when an institution like the Times could get away with that. No longer.

And I'm not alone, evidently. Seen the stock price of the Times recently? Here's a five year chart. Compare it to this five year chart of WaPo. Every picture tells a story, don't it?