Journalism isn’t broken, but the way this public art pays has fallen down almost completely. Given that a free people need good information to make good individual decisions this struggle is now something at the core of where a lot of things are going in the future.
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Journalism and other myths.
Big Issues, Smaller Words
Less than a week after the passage of a landmark health care bill into law, the pundits appear to be sure of one thing: this will be used heavily by republicans in the November elections. The most interesting thing about this prognostication isn’t how universal it is, but how very likely it is completely wrong.
Rising Water
The Mississippi is still rising in Saint Paul, generating a wave of “Flood Tourism”. People come down to look at the yawning river that now stretches into what was once solid ground. It’s about as exciting as waking up in the morning, which is really all that the Mississippi is doing for the year. Spring has returned to Saint Paul. It becomes important, however, when you see how close we live to this wild and untamable creature that wakes up in a similar mood to any of us.
Sweaty and Tired
As political sports, the passage of a Health Care bill was something we haven’t seen in a long time. All day there were updates on the radio relaying the status of the debate and what the latest deals were in Washingtoon. It came down to a pair of speeches in the well between Bonoir and Pelosi, with shouts and applause breaking and highlighting their pace like the UK House of Commons. Then, there was the vote.
Health Care: A Line not Crossed
A political standoff in Minnesota over health care funding has resulted in a short-term retreat that may cool things down for a little bit. It also might be a sign of how things will go nationally as the debate moves on from “bait and hook” to a real engagement. If that is the case, there may be an opening for Democrats to push their advantage and achieve something very important and lasting.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 