Bob McCarty Writes

“I don’t feel welcome in this state anymore, and I feel really bad about that. It’s a beautiful state here. After my six months of probation is completed with no other unknown caveats to this coming up, I want to go. I want to be somewhere other than here.” — Peter Lynch The words above, [...]

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While perusing USATODAY.com earlier this afternoon, I came across the snapshot-intensive newspaper’s offer to help me choose a presidential candidate. Packaged in the form of a “candidate match game,” I couldn’t resist tackling the game’s 11 questions on issues ranging from Iraq and immigration to gay marriage and taxes. After answering all of the questions [...]

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As a journalism school graduate who spent much of the past quarter-century working closely with those in the Fourth Estate, I’m fascinated with the opportunities afforded ordinary citizens by new media and technology. That in mind, I read several articles today on what’s being called “citizen journalism” and surprised myself with what I found. Topics [...]

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