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“Our News Philosophy - The State Journal” plus 4 more

“Our News Philosophy - The State Journal” plus 4 more

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Our News Philosophy - The State Journal

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:04 AM PDT

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Our News Philosophy

The State Journal's vision is to be the No. 1 news resource for our readers. Our mission is to report about our state and surrounding communities fairly, accurately and completely with the best informed and most professional news staff.

As professional journalists, we will:

  • Assure fair and balanced coverage of all perspectives.
  • Focus on meaningful stories that have an impact on our viewers' lives.
  • Seek background information and conduct research to present the most accurate and in-depth stories possible.
  • While examining the specific, offer a broader context.
  • Treat interviewees with respect.
  • Ask the tough, but fair question.
  • Report on what's good about our community, as well as expose wrongs.
  • Expect to be held accountable for producing fair and accurate reports.


In fulfilling our public trust to observe and report the news, The State Journal hopes to improve the quality of life for all those people who call this area home.

L'Osservatore Romano cites Karl Marx on alienation - Catholic Culture

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:11 PM PDT

L'Osservatore Romano cites Karl Marx on alienation October 23, 2009

The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has published an article calling for a fresh look at the work of Karl Marx. The signed article by philosophy professor Georg Sans of the pontifical Gregorian University argues that in his early writings, Marx had useful insights on the topic of alienation. Many people today feel that alienation because they are excluded from political and economic decisions that affect their own lives, Sans wrote-- as Marx predicted.

In the past year L'Osservatore Romano has frequently raised eyebrows with provocative articles, in a sign of a new approach under the direction of a new editor, Giovanni Maria Vian.

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    Lombardi book thrills but leaves secret untold - Fox 28

    Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:21 PM PDT

    By DINESH RAMDE
    Associated Press Writer

    "That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 288 pages, $25) by John Eisenberg: You don't need to be a football fan to know Vince Lombardi's immortal line: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."

    The legendary coach relied on that philosophy 50 years ago to turn the Green Bay Packers from a raw, undisciplined squad into the near-flawless team that went on to win the first two Super Bowls.

    Plenty of books have been written about Lombardi and his career, but author John Eisenberg was interested in just one year - 1959, the year the coach first came to Green Bay.

    Even with seven future Hall of Famers on the roster, the team was coming off a 1-10-1 record that included a humiliating 56-0 drubbing by the Indianapolis Colts. Under Lombardi's iron-fisted rule, the Packers posted a stunning turnaround the next season to finish 7-5.

    To document what happened that year, Eisenberg interviewed dozens of former players, pored over newspaper records and studied more than a dozen biographies and autobiographies.

    The result is often engrossing. He provides detailed play-by-play highlights of all 12 games, and he gives us keen nuggets about what the players were thinking and feeling.

    That information would be great for a book subtitled "A Detailed Look at the Packers' 1959 Season." But the subtitle Eisenberg chose creates a different set of expectations, and readers may be disappointed when those expectations go unfulfilled.

    The subtitle suggests that we'll learn Lombardi's secrets - what did he do that no one before him could do? What is it that made him so tremendously effective that the NFL eventually named its Super Bowl trophy in his honor?

    Certainly, Lombardi was a no-nonsense coach who dictated a my-way-or-the-highway philosophy from Day One. He demanded perfection, he enforced discipline like a drill sergeant and he motivated through fear.

    But deeper questions remain. If all it takes to produce a winning team is to constantly berate players, insult them in front of the team and force them to repeat drills for hours, surely every coach would do exactly that.

    There must have been something else, some additional intangible. But we don't get a whiff of what that elusive secret was.

    To be fair, Eisenberg didn't have access to the coach, who died in 1970. And Lombardi was more than just a bully - he also had a keen football mind and he knew when to replace tough discipline with an occasional pat on the back.

    But without an explanation of what made Lombardi different, "That First Season" feels a bit incomplete.

    The tale will still captivate football fans, especially Packers fans who are notoriously rabid about their team and its storied history. Even if it doesn't reveal the secrets of Lombardi's success, Eisenberg's book still provides a thrilling look at the coach and players who legends shine brightly in Titletown even decades later.

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    Tale about Vince Lombardi's 1st season in Green Bay thrills, but no ... - The San Francisco Examiner

    Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT

    "That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 288 pages, $25) by John Eisenberg: You don't need to be a football fan to know Vince Lombardi's immortal line: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."

    The legendary coach relied on that philosophy 50 years ago to turn the Green Bay Packers from a raw, undisciplined squad into the near-flawless team that went on to win the first two Super Bowls.

    Plenty of books have been written about Lombardi and his career, but author John Eisenberg was interested in just one year — 1959, the year the coach first came to Green Bay.

    Even with seven future Hall of Famers on the roster, the team was coming off a 1-10-1 record that included a humiliating 56-0 drubbing by the Indianapolis Colts. Under Lombardi's iron-fisted rule, the Packers posted a stunning turnaround the next season to finish 7-5.

    To document what happened that year, Eisenberg interviewed dozens of former players, pored over newspaper records and studied more than a dozen biographies and autobiographies.

    The result is often engrossing. He provides detailed play-by-play highlights of all 12 games, and he gives us keen nuggets about what the players were thinking and feeling.

    That information would be great for a book subtitled "A Detailed Look at the Packers' 1959 Season." But the subtitle Eisenberg chose creates a different set of expectations, and readers may be disappointed when those expectations go unfulfilled.

    The subtitle suggests that we'll learn Lombardi's secrets — what did he do that no one before him could do? What is it that made him so tremendously effective that the NFL eventually named its Super Bowl trophy in his honor?

    Certainly, Lombardi was a no-nonsense coach who dictated a my-way-or-the-highway philosophy from Day One. He demanded perfection, he enforced discipline like a drill sergeant and he motivated through fear.

    But deeper questions remain. If all it takes to produce a winning team is to constantly berate players, insult them in front of the team and force them to repeat drills for hours, surely every coach would do exactly that.

    There must have been something else, some additional intangible. But we don't get a whiff of what that elusive secret was.

    To be fair, Eisenberg didn't have access to the coach, who died in 1970. And Lombardi was more than just a bully — he also had a keen football mind and he knew when to replace tough discipline with an occasional pat on the back.

    But without an explanation of what made Lombardi different, "That First Season" feels a bit incomplete.

    The tale will still captivate football fans, especially Packers fans who are notoriously rabid about their team and its storied history. Even if it doesn't reveal the secrets of Lombardi's success, Eisenberg's book still provides a thrilling look at the coach and players who legends shine brightly in Titletown even decades later.

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    Charter-Management Organizations: More Pluses Than Minuses - Education Week

    Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:11 PM PDT

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