Ads, Ads, Ads Got the Star Tribune Sunday — er, Thursday — paper on my doorstep this morning. What’s unusual about that? I don’t subscribe. (No, I don’t have telepathy — I read it online, and have for years.) The size of a (thick) phone book, it was 98% ads. I gather that there are...Read More
“Why Mr. Smith Shouldn’t Go to Washington” OK, so I was a little early (like 16 years). However, the solution I proposed then — dispersing Congress geographically, as a way to curb lobbyists’ influence — makes even more sense today than it did back in the early ’90’s. That’s not only because today’s technology is...Read More
Silver (White) Lining: No Twins Game Tonight Just because real estate marketing has bypassed the Star Trib (and virtually every other print newspaper) doesn’t mean it hasn’t had — and continues to have — fine writers and columnists. Hard to improve on Nick Coleman’s sentiments, from his column yesterday: Next spring, a new, half-billion-dollar publicly...Read More
Closer to Constituents, Further From Lobbyists What if Washington Were a Ghost Town?–Headline, Peggy Noonan Op-Ed piece; The Wall Street Journal (8/1/09) My thoughts exactly . . . almost 16 years ago. In fact, that was the thrust of my own 1993(!) Op-Ed piece: Here’s an excerpt: In an era of jet travel, teleconferencing, and...Read More
You Read it Here First! Nice to be first with some good, cutting-edge housing market insights — plus some extra analysis and context. Compare what ran in the Strib yesterday, with my May 27 post: The banks are selling, but banks aren’t buying . . . the result: a one dimensional housing market dominated by...Read More
Hot Search Term(s): “Realogy Bankruptcy”; “Firing Your Realtor”Note to Readers: no, it’s not your imagination — I’ve been off-line for a few days. Family trip to Chicago; taxing foreclosure deal (that came to naught); and ramping up a new blog design (details to come). Question: What do parents (combined age: 95) of 3 kids (combined...Read More
