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WJNZ sale not just about highest bidder

Submitted 09-24-2009 under OPINION

So urban radio station WJNZ-1140 AM has been sold.  Not to employee and programmer "Robert S" Womack who along with some investors, just last week seemed to be the new owner after his offer to the mortgage-holder appeared to have been accepted...

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Swan Song

Submitted 09-24-2009 under OPINION

During a stressful commute, a random act of kindness puts things in perspective when a swan is saved from certain death.

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Making Choices: Open Identity on Rapidian

Submitted 09-22-2009 under OPINION

When working with community volunteers to design The Rapidian, we faced some very interesting questions and choices. What should The Rapidian look like? What should it encourage? What should we seek to avoid? Out of many lengthy discussions arose...

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Aussie Rules ArtPrize

Submitted 09-15-2009 under OPINION

The recent conversion to digital broadcast television has tripled my television viewing options from one PBS station to three PBS channels. I do not watch much TV but, occasionally, I flip it on to turn off my brain. Finding the right fodder to...

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Creative Class Agitprop

Submitted 09-14-2009 under OPINION

They have been yelling it from the mountains for a few years now, that the Creative Class will dominate the New Economy. Richard Florida crafted this argument through demographics and statistics and it reached the ears of politicos and...

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Love thy Rapidian

Submitted 09-14-2009 under OPINION

Love Thy Rapidian - Love Thy Neighbor, they basically mean the same thing. Your neighbor is your fellow Rapidian. Not always necessarily those which live within the same proximity of each other, but those you pass each day while rushing to work,...

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