Oooh, that’s a great point — I hadn’t thought to talk about sponsored social media posts. I now have a lot of pondering to do on how that fits with the overall topic I’m considering. (It might fit really really well.)

… So if you did give up Extra Points, I think I’d get it better than most — but with your reporting and writing, the games/simulators, FOIA library, classroom, etc., you’re doing just what I’d wished my newspaper editors would have done. I’m happy to be a paying subscriber, and I enjoy your work.

… I still care about journalism, and in my opinion the lifeboat for good journalism is curious people with discipline and standards, getting questions answered and leveraging low-cost internet publishing to reach subscribers willing to pay for information they can’t get elsewhere. …

It’s hard work! I spent 20+ years on a newspaper career, learning all the costs that come with that, only to have it end in newsroom cutbacks — I loved it, and I care about journalism, but it would be irresponsible of me to recommend it as a career.

But …

One hundred percent that in this moment Bill’s either thinking exactly this or exactly the opposite of this

It's rarely used in conversation, but the full name of the conference is actually The Big Ten Athletic Conference Presented By Fogo de Chão