Comments on: And *Bam* http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rich Horton http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-80019 Rich Horton Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:54:36 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-80019 Sam, I am willing to be bought....but, man, do I have a high price tag. Actually, I would love to live in a city that had a newspaper culture like you can find in London. (New York used to have that...but I'm not so sure anymore. Any Big Apple people around to give their take?) The trouble with newspaper cultures is they demand leisure time to read, and where do we find that in contemporary American life? I'm a college professor and I have difficulty finding time to read the four publications I suscribe to. (One of them, the "City Journal", is only a quarterly to boot.) In that way blogs are indeed great. You can read as much as you want in the free moments you happen upon in the course of the day. Not to mention the interactive component of leaving messages, or responding to other people comments. In some ways it could be argued that blogs are a poor substitute for the ideal. And what is the ideal? Imagine you lived in a place where the pace of life allowed for the reading of two morning newspapers and two evening papers as well. Imagine as well people routinely spent afternoons or evenings in cafes or pubs where the events of the day were discussed between friends and aquaintences who also ahd the time to read the papers. As an avenue towards civic virtue and civic responsibility I'm not sure such a vision could be beat. But our life simply doesn't make such an existence likely. You may get part of that, but never the whole package. So, we are left with these blogs....and that is not a bad thing. Still, I'd rather have all these discussions over a beer or two. Sam, I am willing to be bought….but, man, do I have a high price tag.

Actually, I would love to live in a city that had a newspaper culture like you can find in London. (New York used to have that…but I’m not so sure anymore. Any Big Apple people around to give their take?)

The trouble with newspaper cultures is they demand leisure time to read, and where do we find that in contemporary American life? I’m a college professor and I have difficulty finding time to read the four publications I suscribe to. (One of them, the “City Journal”, is only a quarterly to boot.)

In that way blogs are indeed great. You can read as much as you want in the free moments you happen upon in the course of the day. Not to mention the interactive component of leaving messages, or responding to other people comments. In some ways it could be argued that blogs are a poor substitute for the ideal.

And what is the ideal?

Imagine you lived in a place where the pace of life allowed for the reading of two morning newspapers and two evening papers as well. Imagine as well people routinely spent afternoons or evenings in cafes or pubs where the events of the day were discussed between friends and aquaintences who also ahd the time to read the papers. As an avenue towards civic virtue and civic responsibility I’m not sure such a vision could be beat.

But our life simply doesn’t make such an existence likely. You may get part of that, but never the whole package.

So, we are left with these blogs….and that is not a bad thing. Still, I’d rather have all these discussions over a beer or two.

]]> By: Sam http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-80017 Sam Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:01:05 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-80017 Gaius, Rich, As the newspapers gradually fail or shrink or reorganize or whatever - they are creating a vacuum in news coverage that will need to be filled somehow. Sounds like an opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of. Gaius, Rich,
As the newspapers gradually fail or shrink or reorganize or whatever – they are creating a vacuum in news coverage that will need to be filled somehow. Sounds like an opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of.

]]> By: Rich Horton http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-79990 Rich Horton Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:40:16 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-79990 Hmmm...the Chicago Cubs....asset or liability? (So says Rich as he wears his St. louis Cardinals 2006 World Series Championship cap.) Hmmm…the Chicago Cubs….asset or liability?

(So says Rich as he wears his St. louis Cardinals 2006 World Series Championship cap.)

]]> By: The Tribune Company Bankruptcy: They Don’t Call It “Protection from Creditors” for Nothing | The Blog of Record http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-79988 The Tribune Company Bankruptcy: They Don’t Call It “Protection from Creditors” for Nothing | The Blog of Record Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:27:51 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-79988 [...] Blue Crab Boulevard sees some problems with this bankruptcy: Yet, while they are talking about many creditors getting hosed with paybacks of much less than what is owed - and some getting nothing - they are also saying that they may acquire other newspapers while undergoing this bankruptcy. [...] [...] Blue Crab Boulevard sees some problems with this bankruptcy: Yet, while they are talking about many creditors getting hosed with paybacks of much less than what is owed – and some getting nothing – they are also saying that they may acquire other newspapers while undergoing this bankruptcy. [...]

]]> By: Hrothgar http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-79986 Hrothgar Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:52:45 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-79986 Welcome to the world of creative economics. It sure would be nice to have some insight into the Cayman bank deposits these days, but this one looks like the financial class don't even have to move their money offshore to screw over their investors. Welcome to the world of creative economics. It sure would be nice to have some insight into the Cayman bank deposits these days, but this one looks like the financial class don’t even have to move their money offshore to screw over their investors.

]]> By: Americaneocon http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-79984 Americaneocon Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:34:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-79984 Big problems. Citibank was still doing corporate stadium sponsorships after all the bailout buzz. Who knows what's up. Everyone's on the dole nowadays. Big problems. Citibank was still doing corporate stadium sponsorships after all the bailout buzz. Who knows what’s up. Everyone’s on the dole nowadays.

]]> By: feeblemind http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/08/and-bam/comment-page-1/#comment-79983 feeblemind Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:12:06 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11381#comment-79983 I am not competent to comment on the legal maneuvering, but bitter experience has taught me that bankruptcy is a license to steal. I am not competent to comment on the legal maneuvering, but bitter experience has taught me that bankruptcy is a license to steal.

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