- Should New Orleans Be Rebuilt? (BuzzMachine) – Jeff Jarvis asks the question I suspect many Americans are thinking and he gets dozens of remarkably un-troll-like comments.
- Is Dell Dying? (Slate) – The headline is really, well stupid. But the article itself takes a hard look at Dell’s real business problems for the near future.
- Terry’s Fortune Escapes High Point (Off the Record via Ed Cone) – Randall Terry, a local millionaire in High Point, NC died last year and his largest beneficiaries are his dogs ($1,000,000 +) and his foundation. The foundation is principally focused on funding the NC State Veterinary school and Terry’s old boarding school in Virginia, so High Point won’t get any help from a man remembered as a true scrooge by the editorial writer.
- Cover Your Eyes, Kids (Patrick Eakes) – Patrick, winner of the most popular Greensboro blog contest (I need to ask him if he gets to wear a tiara), doesn’t like how the NC Senate passed the lottery bill. He’s right.
- The Angry, Hate-Filled Left (OpinionEditorials) – I read this site every once in a while to keep an eye on what the "Righties" are saying. I disagree with a lot of what this guys says, but I agree with his main point: while we (Americans) are all guaranteed the right to free speech that doesn’t mean we should not also show restraint. By the way his title could just as easily be "The Angry, Hate-Filled Right."
- Downturns (A VC) – Fred Wilson senses an economic downturn coming and has some good advice on how to deal with it, at least from an investor’s perspective.
- National Bottle Museum (bookofjoe) – My neighbor, Curt Ewing, is an avid bottle collector will love finding this if he doesn’t already know about it.
- Logistics of New Orleans’ Kidney Transplant (Moore’s Lore) – Dana Blankenhorn is thinking about the logistics of rebuilding New Orleans. He’s right, it’s daunting.
- Conservatism: A House Divided (Conservative Voice via Vie de Malchance) – Pat Buchanan writes an opinion piece on the state of the Republican Party. My favorite quote: "
But on spending, Bush and Congress do not even meet the Clinton standard. They qualify as Great Society Conservatives." - Copter Parents at 2 O’Clock! (Daniel Drezner) – Colleges are finding that this generation of students has parents that are "hyper-involved" in their lives, interfering with their childrens’ non-academic, problem-solving educational experience. Sorry to see that namby-pamby parenting extends beyond middle-school.
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