Listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on Newstalk 600 KTBB, Friday, January 25, 2008 We’ve gotten so used to it in our politics that we almost don’t notice when it’s right under our noses. Every four years, politicians stand up and tell us what the government is going to do for us. Both parties are guilty. But what government can (read: should) do for you is much more a part of the rhetoric...
When you consider that newspaper publishing has been around for centuries, commercial radio broadcasting has been around for over 80 years and television has been doing its thing since about 1950, the changes that have rolled over these traditional media seem to have occurred in the blink of an eye. Almost overnight it seems, digital technology, together with almost universal availability of broadband internet service and a growing list of devices that will access the...
Happy New Year and welcome to 2008. It is hard for me to believe that it has been 40 years since those of my generation endured the misery of the year 1968 that helped define a whole cohort of politicians and journalists. The journalists that were young in 1968 are now nearing the ends of their careers. For the politicians hoping to either be elected president or play a pivotal role in electing a president,...