I'd read this article in the print copy of Fast Company and had been waiting for it to hit the web. The article hints at some ways blogs might be useful in business.

After my earlier comments I received the following from Brad Freedberg today. It is refreshing to see someone put state and national interests above self interest.

Dear Friends:

As you may have heard, I've decided to end my campaign for the U.S.
Senate. At Saturday's annual meeting, I made the announcement to the
State Central Committee of the Democratic Party.

I have stopped campaigning exactly one year after I began this process,
having reached out to the party at last year's Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
At the time I began this effort, we were facing a popular and firmly
entrenched incumbent in Senator Campbell, and none of the senior leaders
of the party had seriously intended to mount a campaign.

In a strange but true story the town of Aliso Viejo, California was looking at banning foam containers from city events because of the dangers posed by dihydrogen monoxide.