This blog is no longer connected to Sacramento Connect, the blog roll of the Sacramento Bee. Here is an explanation of why.
I attended an interesting talk on Sept. 23 by Barry Lynn, author of Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction. (2010) He discussed many roles of monopolies in our society.
Among the most dangerous roles is the monopoly, or the quasi monopoly on information. In a republic, the citizens need several sources of information from multiple viewpoints in order to make citizens decisions. Adding sources of information is precisely the purpose of this blog.
The Sacramento Bee is a near monopoly that gathers information in order to make a profit. The purpose of the Bee is to make a profit. To be on Sacramento Connect, you get listed by the Bee and they place ads on your blog. They receive money from these ads.
