And the envelope, please: How many people does it take to run an online-only metro news site? The answer appears to be 22, a number some occultists are said to believe holds psychic powers. Hearst, psychic, who'd a thunk it? That's the number I've heard from outsiders and that's the approximation we...

1. Will the Post-Intelligencer Flip the Switch in Seattle? You know, go online-only. (Is online the onliest medium?) With Hearst's Ken Riddick and the PI's Michelle Nicolosi working through the what-ifs, we may have a new, great test to watch. We’d be able to compare the online PI to the Seattle s...

When's the last time you checked out Real Clear Politics? Been, say, a little less than a month? Huff Post's announcement of new $25 million funding brings RCP to mind. Yes, RCP seems like more of a single-purpose poll aggregation site, though it stepped out from that in becoming a political (and ot...

We continue our back and forth on gun bills, and agree on a new curriculum for America's youth... Joel: Well, having resolved -- at least as best we can -- the issues around HF 498, the "Stand Your Ground" bill, we're on to HF 3324, the gun registration bill, authored at the behest of Heat...

When I started this conversation, I didn't expect it to be a single-shot. Now it looks like we'll need a big magazine. Joel and I switched red and blue last time, and I've kept those colors here. Joel: When we last left off, Charlie, we'd agreed to move on to the specifics of the two bills, HF498 [ ...

The week Barack Obama made The Speech About Race, I've been working on another conversation America needs to have. Nominally, it is about guns and the right to self-defense, but the larger topic is Obama's. How do Americans with differences form a more perfect union? My discussion with Joel Rosenber...

In the last round, I managed to yank Joel's chain and he let me know about it. Please notice how we're working through this. For those readers who are accustomed to seeing vilification in comment threads when you venture into alien territory, I also recommend visiting the version of this on Joel's b...

This is the second installment of a conversation with Joel Rosenberg, blogger, novelist and second amendment advocate. Let's review the purpose of American Crosscut for those who haven't read these before. You can read more here about why I started this experiment. In brief, I don't believe one side...

My regular American Crosscut counterpart, Joey Monson, has been very busy making Wisconsin safe for secondhand smoke, so I invited Joel Rosenberg to  join me for this edition. A common thread runs through Joel's blogging, novels and training work — guns and civil rights. To some, he's a knowl...

  Our series this time brings together our leftish and rightish views to look at global warming. As usual, it's a wavy line, not a wall, between Joey Monson and me. Joey: I know that you’re an environmentally-conscious progressive, but I’m wondering if you’ve expressed any doubt with Al G...