Just wanted to share a list of blogs that I check everyday for the latest news, whether local or national. What sites, besides The Dagger of course, are you checking out regularly?
I’ll first start off by saying I use Google Reader as my rss feed reader of choice. Here are a few interesting feeds I have subscribed to: (yeah, this is for my geeky side)
BuzzMachine – Jeff Jarvis’s look at the media industry
PaidContent.org – All about the economics of digital content.
Wired – a daily technology news website
Onto the news:
Local
HarfordNow.com – want a place to find all the local news feeds from Harford County on one page? Harford Now is it. Of course, I designed it.
National
KausFiles on Slate.com – One of the first political blogs on the net written by a Mickey Kaus, ...Continue Reading
Tags: The Big Picture, top blogs
Will giving the Big 3 automakers in Detroit (Ford, GM and Chrysler) $25 billion dollars help turn around the downward spiral they have been in for the past 25 years? Should the government be in the business of bailing them out at all?
To tell you the truth, I haven’t made up my mind about this issue. I was, and remain, against the $700 billion bailout of our financial industry, but the auto industry is so rooted in a specific area of the country. Markets can correct themselves, towns and families cannot.
On the other hand, it is clear that their current business model is inefficient and just doesn’t work. Why is that? Is it because of poor management at the executive level of the companies? Is it because of the UAW (United Auto Workers) union and ...Continue Reading
Tags: auto industry, Detroit, the big 3, The Big Picture
Two families have dominated US politics over the past quarter-century. The Bush family, with “41″ serving as Vice-President for eight years, then President for four, and “43″ in office for the past eight. Then there is the Clintons, with Bill serving as President for eight, and wife Hillary getting elected to the Senate and making an unsuccessful run at the Presidency.
Along comes a new shining star running on the promise of change. He soundly defeats both families on the way to the white house. Now the word is he wants to name Hillary to his top Cabinet post.
Some change. Someone wake up Jeb. He might get his chance in four years…
Tags: barack obama, change, hillary clinton, The Big Picture
