Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living.

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.

The entire economy, of course, is locked in a down cycle right now. Last time we weathered this was during another Bush presidency in '90. We were locked in it for a year and a half and everyone came out of it.

Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living.

FCU's PLS discovery has quickly become one of the most exciting stories in the uranium sector.

While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers.

They may be a little more high brow than we are.