Bigger Than Government

Even if liberal politicians got their way and Government was bigger (not better), they would still have troubles getting around some larger corporations. This week the Justice Department OK a deal in which Google will buy travel search software developer ITA. The reason the government had to get involved was due to anti-trust laws, nothing new for Google. If I were to start some crazy extreme conspiracy-filled right-winged political party, I would posit that the government keeps companies like Google in check because they are afraid that these companies will take over the government. For more on the real news see...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/technology/09google.html?_r=1&hp

Prioritizing: What to Read on nytimes.com

As many of you have heard the New York Times has decided to charge readers a fee for reading articles online. Each individual, the how of the technology is irrelevant at the moment, will be limited to 20 free article per month. Beyond those 20 articles, readers will have to pay a fee to continue to access the online content. This presents avid readers of nytimes.com with a complicated conundrum: In any given month, what are the 20 most important articles written by the NY Times?

Though there are loopholes and sideways to get unlimited access (Blogs, Twitter, Google...), this new system still encourages readers to prioritize what they read. While the Wall Street Journal selectively locks certain articles, indicated by a key on the website, the NYT allows its readership to pick their poison. This is not the space for evaluating whether or not the difference in systems between the WSJ and the NYT boils down to a difference in weltanschauung, it could, however, make a good post in the future.

Anyway, being that I blog on Media and Politics the articles that relate to such things have been taking up much of my allowance. This is especially true given that the NYT often has coverage that is interesting to compare to that of the news sources.

I aim to develop a systematic way to decide what NYT's article I will read...any ideas?