I figured a workaround:

mobile.salon.com

Seriously, guys: EPIC FAIL.

Reminds of the disaster that just occurred at the New Republic--it's as if you tried to make it look like a newspaper or something.

Hard to see any advantage over the current format. A real devolution. Right after I reupped, too. Sheesh!

are on crack.

One doesn't have to be a wiz at political correctness to know that you don't write crap like that!

My daughter is four and just beginning to read, but she knows how to log onto a wide range of websites and play games and do other activities she enjoys

Question: Will learning to read give her more power to enjoy online activities or less? Will she be incented to read by her online activities or disincented?

I think the answer is obvious: She will want to learn how to read to delve deeper and deeper into the Web, since, as commenters here have pointed out, using the Web is a literate activity.

The Web is a great stride forward in literacy and culture that we should celebrate.

I hope things get better for you.

Thanks, Scott. And I RSS your blog, too.

this article is totally lame.

but the hectoring tone of the article is not appreciated.

I came to Facebook in the last six months. You are right that it's identity is changing, but it's not in crisis mode as far as I can tell; it's changing with quickly changing times and taking advantage of a big opportunity.

Facebook has triumphed over MySpace and is now set to triumph over both LinkedIn and Twitter at their own games for one simple reason: Facebook has a truly great interface that makes it capable of functioning as a MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, and (old) Facebook all at once.

I totally disagree that Facebook doesn't let you meet new people. I have met several new people via the site, including one girlfriend. You can meet new people by friending friends' friends or simply using the highly effective Profile Search to locate people with similar interests, etc., in your area.

The "Wall" function of Facebook is what Twitter really ought to be. You can comment on friends' updates with ease and go to their individual pages for a neat overview. The Wall-to-Wall aspect of the interface is another clever aspect of all this.

Add in all of Facebook's other features: event invitations, group messaging, groups and causes, photo and video sharing.... There has been an explosion of people using it for business networking and social networking because it's so easy to use.

With any change comes pain, but Facebook IMO is an example of change done right!

Salon, c'mon, this is not worthy of the site. If I want to read idiot conservatives, I'll read National Review online. And, guess what? I don't want to read idiot conservatives.

It sucks.

Great piece.

I like how it did not grasp for easy answers.

Firefox with Adblocker takes care of it, dude.

But I'm a subscriber to Salon anyway.

Someone with more time is going to hand you your ass for what you wrote. But as far as atonal music all sounding the same, that is just flat-out ignorant, regardless of whether you think the music is actually good.

Aside from hard facts, I don't think the article really got close to the truth of how this music developed.

I don't think the century began in 1913. Schoenberg published his 2nd string quartet in 1908, which is widely recognized as being (in its 4th movement) the first major atonal piece. Schoenberg's revolutionary free atonal Pierrot Lunaire arrived in 1912 and was as big a deal as Rite of Spring.

Etc.

Verklarte Nacht was not an "early symphonic piece"; it was written for string sextet. Schoenberg later arranged it for orchestra.

Webern is a hero of mine, along with Schoenberg, and I am very uncomfortable hearing that he said vile anti-Semitic things. I've never seen any such evidence. Wikipedia said that he wrote some letters favorable toward Hitler, which of course isn't good, but that's a far cry from making anti-Semitic pronouncements. Webern was a student of Schoenberg's and very close to him, even after Schoenberg fled Germany (from what I've read).

It wasn't whining, not the gender card.

Seems like random pros and cons of various vehicles all tossed together. Hard to tell what the real recommendations are here. What are the author's Top 10 or Top 5 recommended cars?

I drive a Prius. It's a reasonably priced car with some nice amenities and killer gas mileage. I don't feel that I'm saving the planet with my choice of car, but it totally suits my heavy-travel worklife and is also an attractive auto with high prestige for the price.

to stop torturing yourself. Fold up your campaign and get some sleep.

God help us should this shallow, evil man ever become president.

What a bunch of asswipes.

When can we get a decent advice columnist for Salon. We get the same crap, day in day out. Horrible advice. Moralistic drivel. Bullshit platitudes.

These people want to move to the Midwest. The proper advice? Why not give it a try! All the "Italy" bullshit is totally irrelevant. Sheesh, what garbage.

Nice summary on this. Just when you think these fascist slimeballs can't get any lower, they do. Wow.