Journalism in exile

Jon Talton is a decidedly unhappy journalist. He heaps scorn in the way I only could if I had been practicing it for 27 years (and if I had more talent for it). He writes lovely articles about growth boosterism, poor land-use decisions, and do-nothing politicians. I find it unsurprising that he has a hard time writing for today's neurotic Happy McNews media outlets – it's not the sort of stuff around which real estate agents and car dealers want to hawk their wares. So here's a professional journalist who has to write outside of the mainstream media in order to say what he really thinks... the era of the powerful, relevant newspaper with real opinions is completely, resolutely past.