ROBERT MCLOUD
NY TIMES
Worst idea of the day
Joe Biden: "I think Janet [Napolitano] should be on the Supreme Court of the United States.”
Meanwhile. . .
@tomsherwood I don't have time to read this: @WashBizOnline: How to regain control of your life at every level
Maine value clash
The state of Maine has fined the operator of four medical marijuana dispensaries $18,000 for using pesticides in violation of state law and program rules.
Quotes
It has long been recognized, however, that the special status of corporations has placed them in a position to control vast amounts of economic power which may, if not regulated, dominate not only the economy but also the very heart of our democracy, the electoral process . . .The state need not permit it own creation to consume it. -- Justices White, Brennan and Marshall in First National Bank of Boston vs. Belotti, 1978
Pocket paradigms
Today's diuretic discourse over journalistic values largely reflects an attempt to justify the unjustifiable, namely the rapid decline of independent sources of information and the monopolization of the vaunted "market place of ideas." In the end, the hated Internet is a far better heir of Peter Zenger, Thomas Paine, Frederick Douglass, and Mark Twain than is the the typical American daily or TV channel.-Sam Smith
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