TMV is now in Connecticut and writing this from a snail-paced dial up connection. Since it’s almost impossible to post, he’ll be doing his posts after 7 or 8 a.m. EST today when he can get to a high speed connection or a nearby Starbucks.
But keep checking back often today — since our always independent minded co-bloggers will likely have a few things to say as well.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, writes a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.