Closed for Repairs

The Hangar is closed for a long overdue renovation. Seriously, it's not easy keeping our high-flying comments grounded but it will be well worth the wait.

After we turned out this baby, we figured it was time to get the boys in the shop to stand down for a bit... reorganize... put on their glasses and all.

Stay tuned.

By the way, we found this fine plane right here.

Does the Fate of Talk Radio Hang on the Outcome of This Election?

Many think so. Check out "Killing Talk Radio" from the September issue of The New Criterion.

An excerpt:
"The Left has watched uneasily as power drains away daily from the CBS Newses and the Time magazines of the liberal mainstream media and flows toward a more politically pluralistic array of new media alternatives that range from (mostly) conservative talk radio to (Fox-dominated) cable news to the ceaselessly expanding (thoroughly bi-partisan) Internet. And make no mistake: liberals want to snuff out this exciting, democratic world of analysis and debate and return to the good old days, when you got up in the morning with The New York Times and had dinner with Dan Rather—and basically kept quiet while your elite betters told you what to think."

Read the whole thing here.