Make Cars, Not Synthetic Financial Products

I know that it is much more complicated than this, but why exactly do we make the American automakers jump through hoops for chump change (relatively speaking), but shovel untold billions down the maw of "the banks" (well, post-GLB, not just "the banks", but "financial institutions" as well) with hardly any questions asked? Could it have anything to do with the color of their collars? Just asking.

New Cities for a New Century

For all of us who care about the health and vibrancy of cities, there is a wonderful piece in today's New York Times by Nicolai Ouroussoff, "Reinventing America's Cities: The Time Is Now."

Why there's no such thing as "local media" anymore

Cell phones and the Internet enable anyone to tune into so-called "local" radio stations and read "local" stories in newspapers. It's time the so-called local media opened its eyes to the new reality: Nothing is local anymore. And it's a huge opportunity. The new mantra should be: Cover local events, but for a global audience.

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