Rumor has it Boeing is trying to yank Midwest Airlines’ remaining Boeing 717 planes and send them south of the border:
Midwest Airlines Inc. eventually could lose its nine remaining Boeing 717 jets – jeopardizing the carrier’s signature wide seats – under a deal being worked out between Boeing Capital Corp. and a Mexican airline, according [...]
Robert Darnton sees Google’s settlement with book authors and publishers leading to a future where the internet giant controls access to millions of books and the ideas contained within. Of course Darnton fails to realize the same dynamism of modern capitalism that allowed Google to be born most likely will allow a future competitor to [...]
The soundtrack to the movie Gettysburg is resonating from my speakers. I’m in a patriotic mood. And why not? Today, the United States underwent another peaceful transfer of power. There was no attempted coup, no guns were needed to pry the former leader from his desk. A little after noon, former President Bush stood near [...]
It’s cool to fly the American flag again. So sayeth the NY Times:
WASHINGTON is suddenly hip again, infused with the heady double-barreled combination of a new crowd of idealistic young political worker bees, who actually believe they can change the world, and the arrival of America’s first black president. It’s even cool to wave the [...]
Right before our eyes the newspaper business undergoes meltdown. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will try to be sold, the two Detroit newspapers will only be delivered three days a week, Gannett will force workers to take unpaid vacations, and we now learn the Minneapolis Star Tribune filed for bankruptcy. Last year, there was even the thought [...]
Joe Katzman looks into the continuing rise of the Army’s use of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). They’re near the point where they’ll have their own de facto Air Force. The Air Force won’t like it, but Katzman sees it as the being good for fighting wars.
“The New Army Air Corp” [via memeorandum]
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Dreams of making handfuls of cash from President-elect Obama’s inauguration have gone POOF. That people, is economics in action.
“Inaugural Rentals Begging For Takers”
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Queen Elizabeth II named Robert Plant Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He’s one step away from becoming a knight.
And he’s still not on board for a Led Zeppelin reunion.
“Queen Gets the Led Out, Honors Robert Plant”
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