Whatever happened to the concept of jurisdiction?

More time?! You mean that 90 years wasn't enough time for consumers "to make their opinions known and choose stations whose practices they agree with"? How much time do you suggest?

Ha! Don't flatter yourself, this stopped being a site for engineers a decade ago.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news ... if decade old information can be considered news.

I am a graphic artist, not an engineer; and I am a frequent visitor.
You may now stop behaving like a self-important, self-righteous tool.

So soda is now subject to the Controlled Substance Schedule? What if you grow your own Seven-Up at home in copious quanities, will the City of New York kick in your door and throw you into a dank cell at Rikers? Parent Anonymous Coward = Anonymous Fascist!

Valid criticism is one thing -- pulling a fire alarm because you think people should be more aware of the hazards of fire is another.

How you frame the goal is important, BE HONEST. It's okay to ask, "we're number one now, but how do we stay there for the next 25 years?" You don't make the situation better by lying about the current conditions. We all have a tremendous number of demands on our attention, so when someone lies to us to jump their pet project to the front of the line based on a lie; that is factored in next time they ask for attention.

You know what academic discipline is really weak in this country? HISTORY. We don't understand it. Americans can't properly evaluate complex events in a chronological context and become easily confused by politicians and disreputable businessmen (I'm looking at you Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast). If we understood history better: Sarah Palin would have been laughed off the national stage; we'd never have had a pre-emptive war with Iraq; the NSA would have been slammed by Congress after the NSA was discovered tapping American phones; the banking reforms imposed by the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass–Steagall Act) wouldn't have been repealed and the 2009 economic crisis would have been avoided; and on and on and on.

If we knew history, we'd know why that piece of paper we call the US Constitution is still valid -- nay, essential -- and not just a bunch of hokum written by a bunch of guys dead for 200 years. We'd stop electing idiots. We'd be a better country, a better society.

And in the end, an appreciation for history necessary for a true appreciation of the advancement of science. Without history, we'd have to rediscover the same scientific principles every friggen generation. How far would we get?

DoE is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Energy. I'm not sure how closing the Department of Energy is relevant.
ED is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Education, and is the abbreviation the Department of Education uses in its own documents.

Tiny Mayor Bloomberg has had nightmares about drowning in a 16 ounce soda. He had no choice but to ban them.

>what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?" Your question depends on a false assumption. Just because we haven't risen up and overthrown our drone-flying overlords doesn't mean we must condone the inappropriate display of a pet carcass under the guise of "art." Both can be (and are) morally abhorrent.

Once liberated, quickly tie the camera to the undercarriage of an interstate tractor trailer or toss it into the open bed of a railroad gondola car.

Gah! I don't know what happened to my carriage return. Let's try that again.

I am mocking Bloomberg. He is not infallible or immortal. The second sentence undermines the first.

Also, he is too short to have a valid opinion.

> We know better than you how to live your life. That's why we're infallible and immortal. I am mocking Bloomberg. He is not infallible or immortal. The second sentence undermines the first. Also, he is too short to have a valid opinion.

And now, it's the law.

... how to live your life. That's why we're infallible and immortal.

Time for my siesta.

I agree with your observation about editors. Owners less so. Buffet seems to want to assure each local paper has unique content so that it remains in demand with its local readers and doesn't become redundant with national papers. Buffet is looking at local coverage as a service differential advantage. Sure there could be local fluff, but fluff would seem to operate against the idea of unique content. Fluff, particularly "heart-warming" human-interest stories, is a type of ubiquitous content that national papers already provide.