But here it is: exciting news: soon there will be a new piece with music and poetry posted onto the site! Yes! It’s true. Also, slow but steady progress is being made by our political analyst friend. The tumult of the current primary season and the credit crunch are really getting to him and, well, lets just say he needs some more time.

We are very much looking forward to contributions from alivealivealive who we can anticipate to be nothing short of extraordinary.

Also, we are in talks with a foreign correspondent who, in the past, has shown interest in covering  Middle East cultural and political issues in depth. And a different kind of coverage from the heartland of America: tales of the Mall, the car, and other banal ‘scapes from Kansas.

Cast your net wide, America. It’s ‘a recessin’ out there…