Participatory journalism is extremely democratic in nature and that kind of freedom comes with flaws. The journalistic model of HuffingtonPost leverages the democratic nature of participatory journalism more successfully than any other online media outlet out there. If you’re willing to put in some work, a [...]
A western state governor faced with increasing problems related to the sluggish economy, and finding the tangle of ethics complaints and FBI investigations utterly unpleasant, resigned today with two years left to go in the position [HuffPo]...sadly for the citizens of Nevada it was not Governor Jim [...]
Say, this guy's not one of those "firefighters for Buck" we heard so much about in the last election, is he?
Well, I suppose you can't blame a guy for trying to get some job security in these tough times. Setting fire to cars is [...]
I call your bluff, comrade. As you may have heard, casinos in Russia can stay open by converting to poker rooms. A tip of the fedora goes to reader mike_ch for pointing out this story, which delineates some of the pros and cons. In Vegas, even the strongest poker [...]
What do you do if your expensively wrought, expensively litigated marketing slogan has jumped the shark and become the most tiresome cliché in America.?If you're the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, you figure out a way to monetize the fact that your catchprase is played out ... thereby' [...]
"Nick Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck before I put him in Armageddon." -- douchebag/director Michael Bay, getting high on his own ego. For the record, Cage had been playing lead roles (remember a little number called Moonstruck?) for a dozen years' [...]
Opponents of a public option for health insurance, like Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Lieberman), offer this explanation: “If we create a public option, the public is going to end up paying for it,” Lieberman said following an hour-long confab with public-health experts at the Ashmun Street community center of [...]
This Independence Day holiday finds your Gleaner's thoughts turning to the opinion held by many founders that a republic's success depended on a virtuous citizenry and that a virtuous citizenry, in turn, could only flourish and survive under a particular stage of [...]
