The Best Stories You've nEver Read #47
A Mom-umental Failure -- Washington Post
Mom deserves a monument, we can all agree. But perhaps not the one that sculptor William Clark Noble had in mind for a public space in Washington D.C.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #46
Outsourcing Stress -- Chicago Tribune
Laurie Goering presents a fascinating look at how workers at call centers in India have imported some of the stresses and strains of American lifestyles. Writing from Bangalore, she cites unfortunate side effects with which many night-shift workers in this country could identify.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #45
Credit crunch fallout -- San Francisco Chronicle
This story provides the best explanation yet for what the credit crisis means to each of us and how our lifestyles will change as a result.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #44
Objects on your plate may be smaller than they appear -- Washington Post
The recession has hit restaurants particularly hard. This Washington Post story discloses how they are reducing portion sizes and changing their menus in subtle ways to sell high-margin meals. Diners beware.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #43
The News Business: Out of Print -- The New Yorker
Newspapers as we know them are nearly 300 years old. Are they on their last legs? In a penetrating and provocative analysis, Eric Alterman of the New Yorker says yes.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #42
I'm Your Viagra -- Toronto Globe & Mail
Today we go north of the border to read about a south-of-the-border guy, Sam Zell. Zell made a huge fortune in real-estate but has since invested in The Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, among other properties The Viagra reference is Sam saying that newspapers are so old they "can't get it up." and he's going to help with some enhancement. That's Sam almost being delicate as this profile in the Toronto Globe & Mail reveals.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #41
Artist's trial by ire -- Baltimore Sun
Seems unlikely, but an art student got all sorts of government agencies to agree to let him put a gold-painted chain-link fence around a public park that surrounds a national monument in Baltimore. It was supposed to be a form of public sculpture... but what it did was outrage the public. The fence is being dismantled well ahead of schedule by the profoundly disillusioned student. Read Abigail Tucker's story in the Baltimore Sun.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #40
If you can make it in Silicon Valley without a car you can make it anywhere. Read this short, delightful piece from Joe Rodriquez of the San Jose Mercury News, who doesn't drive
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #39
Oh the horror. Mom and Dad want to get in on Facebook.
What do you do when your parents want to "friend" you on Facebook. Youths nationwide are facing that dilemma as the social networking site has allowed anyone and everyone to join, the Washington Post reports in a story that is both thought provoking and hilarious.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #38
A Newspaper Can't Love You Back
David Simon's article in Esquire describes quite vividly the disillusionment many journalists feel at the nation's newspapers. If Simon's name is at all familiar to you, he's the creator of The Wire, the hit television series. Simon is a former reporter at the Baltimore Sun.
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-- Dick Weiss
