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When the weight of the world becomes too much for those living in the cities, there is hope. It is Ol' Slim's Views from the Porch, a monumental expenditure of words and artwork that has graced the pages of New Mexico Magazine since Tilly had pups, or January 2003. With Grem Lee's accompanying illustrations, Slim Randles' column has been introduced into homes across the country, bringing with it a plethora of punditry and a wonderment of wisdom.

Twenty-four of Randles' columns are presented here with his views on many hot topics, such as how to master the secret language of dogs, why men need a hole-up spot, and why coffee has joined corn dogs and barbecued potato chips as one of the world's three essential food groups..
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So deeply cynical you know he must be right, Bob Metcalfe has made a second career out of showing us the inner workings of the computer industry. With material culled from the best of nearly a decade's worth of columns, Internet Collapses and Other InfoWorld Punditry is guaranteed to both aggravate the reader and illuminate the issues, often at the same time. Perhaps better known as the inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com, Metcalfe is pretty much free from the need to self-censor and can write whatever InfoWorld will tolerate. His opinions generally leave no individual, business, or government agency unscathed--Metcalfe was Microsoft-bashing long before it was cool, although the U.S. Department of Justice, open-source advocates, and "paranoid anti-technology outlaw cyberpunks dressed in black" must also endure his scorn.

Even more appealing than Metcalfe's invective are his sometimes-outrageous predictions. After reading his 1994 offhand comment that antitrust enforcers would be wishing for timelier action against Microsoft five years later, the reader may be tempted to hustle down to the library to check the original. At other points in the book, such as when he foretold the "Internet's catastrophic collapse in 1996," readers can only marvel at the odd combination of hubris and humility that drove him to reprint the very wrong alongside the very right. This same combination allowed him to humble himself by publishing brief rebuttals by such industry heavies as Nathan Myhrvold and Vint Cerf--excellent foils whose styles complement Metcalfe's own. Whether you're an old-school InfoWorld reader or you've never had the pleasure of Metcalfe's virtual company, Internet Collapses will give you a brutally clear perspective on the birth of the Internet economy. --Rob Lightner.
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This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2376 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Journalists are increasingly combining personal opinion with news, in both print and on television broadcasts. Famous journalists are consulted, often on television, to act as expert analysts. A survey conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review and Public Agenda have asked senior journalists their opinions about this phenomenon. Most felt journalists need to remain reporters of facts, and that acting as commentators risks credibility and lowering the profession's quality.

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Title: CJR POLL THE PERILS OF PUNDITRY.(includes related article)
Author: Neil Hickey
Publication:Columbia Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Volume: 37 Issue: 5 Page: 42(1)

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Title: Why is Bob Herbert boring? The perils of punditry for the powerless.(New York Times columnist)
Author: T.A. Frank
Publication:Washington Monthly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39 Issue: 10 Page: 16(5)

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Title: Capturing Tom Friedman: the Times columnist does foreign policy punditry by cliche.(The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century)(Book Review)
Author: Matt Welch
Publication:Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37 Issue: 4 Page: 16(2)

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Title: No shortage of polling, punditry these days.(Across the Desk)
Author: Jim Laird
Publication:Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 8, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Page: 5(1)

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Title: Inside the triangle: what punditry-for-hire story reveals about how Washington works.(Nation)
Author: Joe Feuerherd
Publication:National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 11, 2005
Publisher: National Catholic Reporter
Volume: 41 Issue: 15 Page: 8(1)

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