The long view

[wombat_socho]

I don't agree with Eric Raymond about everything, God knows, but this post on the MSM is very much worth reading. He looks beyond the recent thrashing of CBS and the New York Times to discuss the long-term changes in society that have robbed the media of the influence they once had.

(Via Vodkapundit.)

Also worth reading is Cobb's post on the return of feudalism. He thinks it's a good thing, and I'm not sure I disagree with him.