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Well, shoot. It's all my fault.

In his essay this weekend for the New York Times, David Streitfeld says it's people like me who are causing the demise of the publishing industry.

I have always wondered why certain cars remain off limits to men of a particular age.

There’s an awful lot of talk about the news lately, but not, unfortunately, the sort of constructive conversation that promotes critical thinking and engages people with their neighborhoods, their country, or their world. No, what people are talking about is the media, or, more specifically, and more onerously, the business of media. The Star Tribune is losing readers, pages, and staff.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth continues unabated at the Strib and other print publications these days. A report from ABC, the company that audits the circulation of the Strib and most other daily newspapers, just noted that most daily newspapers’ circulation was down again. The Strib was down over six percent.

RYBAK: Sigh.

I like the rodent.