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Newspaper Death Foretold by Warren Buffett!!!


Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:20am

In 1992, the oracle of Omaha foretold the decline of newspapers, magazines, and television. He knew the media were in for a storm, even before the Internet came into the picture:

  • Jack Shafer is Slate's editor at large.

The Case for Government-Backed Credit Cards


Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 - 10:18am

Slate's Christopher Beam lays out the pros and cons of government-issued credit cards. Overall, he argues that the idea is a relatively moderate market-based solution to the problems now facing the industry. It would simply extend a long tradition of the government lending to individuals and provide an alternative to more draconian state regulation of nongovernment issuers:

  • Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

What Happens to Returned TARP Money?


Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 9:05am

Slate's Christopher Beam explains what happens to TARP money when it's returned to the Treasury. The short answer is that it stays in the TARP lending pool:

  • Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

Steve Brill's Latest Bad Idea


Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 - 10:46am

Jack Shafer over at Slate wrote a takedown of Steve Brill's plan to save the newspaper business by erecting a "pay wall" around protected content. Shafer pokes several holes in the proposed model, which would attempt to monetize publications by clamping down on story-poaching and charging users directly for varying levels of access:

  • Jack Shafer is Slate's editor at large.

A Tale of Two Lobbyists


Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 - 9:23am

Obama took a hard line with lobbyists from Day 1, barring them from working in his administration on any issue they lobbied in the last two years. Slate Group Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Jacob Weisberg argues, however, that Obama's stance is too harsh and doesn't allow for "the good kind of lobbying":

Bizarre Tax Breaks


Posted Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 9:44am

You might not realize it, but the tax code may contain a break created especially with you in mind. That is, if you make fishing-tackle boxes or play the clarinet:

Unemployed? Go Talk to Your Librarian.


Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 9:14am

Since the economic downturn, libraries have become havens for job-seekers. One librarian explains how her responsibilities have changed from finding and stocking books to helping the newly unemployed:

When 140 Characters Are Too Many


Posted Friday, April 3, 2009 - 10:27am

Hate the burdensome task of typing out those long Twitter posts? Look no further than Flutter, the new way to convey each of your mundane thoughts to friends, family and vague acquaintances. Your poor, ragged fingertips deserve a break:

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