Absolutely selfishly, I'd prefer the categorized news in Salon to be with as few comments as possible, so one can read the news faster!

oh no!

they're the gravy. the headlines are too dry with it.

the only way i'd improve the salon would be to make the different 'rooms' linkable through their titles at the beginning, it would make for less scrolling when looking for where to post.

cheers to fran for such good work.

OT, lol, al jazeera just said that the shoe-throwing protester had been practicing a month to get his aim right, and what triggered his action was bush's 'icy smile'.

he knew a sociopath when he saw one!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

Many times in the past i've even commented in klatsch how valuable this was, or simply given thanks.  The thankfulness hasn't changed simply because i no longer say it so often.  I've especially tried to recognize when other FPers have taken the time/responsibility.

From another angle, i've actually been able to limit my search of other news, freeing some valuable time, on the theory "If it ain't hit ET, it ain't news."  (which of course included commenters bringing their own views of important stuff, Melancthon comes to mind, with beginning the respect list.)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin