When I'm homeless because everybody tells me newspapers are going under, I think of one thing: I'm not going to have anything good to read. The blogs, this one included, just don't hit the mark of a good feature story. And, none of us have access to the resources or funding to conduct the watchdog investigations that we need to keep things right in the world.

There's just no community online. If I were a CEO of a corporation I'd be going all-the-way community. Community papers, community organizations, community funding and taking the surface streets to-and-from work. I might actually even take a bus. Maybe listen to a few folk on there. Times are getting tougher and I'm telling you now: Not everybody is pulling TGIF coupons off their Blackberry. Some are actually out there talking to each other, worried about their futures, and wondering what players in corporate America actually care about their well-being.