Salon, one of the best left/liberal online magazines, is in dire danger of going out of business. While I have some beefs with some of the things they have done (I don't think that Andrew Sullivan needed yet another pulpit), they are still doing some of the best political writing and editorializing around. I still remember checking Jake Tapper's coverage of the Florida recount every night, and eagerly reading their live 9-11 coverage and their reporting from the ground in Afghanistan. While to some degree they are a shadow of their former self, they have at least survived the dot-com crash so far, and they are one of the few visible media that are willing to directly challenge Bush's lies. Dave Talbot writes today that if each subscriber could bring in one other subscriber, they would be in the black. If you can afford it, I encourage you to subscribe. You may be throwing $30 away, but you may also be helping them turn the corner, and will be able to tell your grandchildren how you helped saved Salon. I have an acquaintance who has free ISP service for life because he got Steve Case a tiny bit of money at a point when AOL was about to go under. Maybe you can get Salon for life?
Disclaimer: I have a personal interest in seeing that the Bay Area job market doesn't get flooded with even more technically savvy leftist liberal arts types, hence the title, "Help Geodog find a job, subscribe to Salon." :-)
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