Thursday, June 29, 2000
Because when big money is at stake, when writers and editors start getting bossed around by Nielsen meters tracking what each Internet user looks at, for how long, and in what order, then the new medium that was supposed to be the promised land of freedom has become something else. Television.
Posted: 11:16 PM
permanent place
This new adults-only movement is a product of a number of social forces that have been building for decades. ... But the main force driving it is what I would call the privatization of America, the notion that we should all be out for ourselves now and there is no such thing as a collective good, even when it comes to raising the next generation. ... Sadly this is a war where the real victims, children, aren't even the combatants.
Posted: 11:14 PM
permanent place
So this is where this weblog started. If you'd like to see older posts on these topics, I used to maintain separate pages for local and national Quotes and Commentaries, under the disguises of Words from Here and Words from Elsewhere. It got a little silly. But those pages are still available.
Posted: 11:13 PM
permanent place
