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Dan, I was a broadcast journalism major in the late 80's and remember watching you. I worked in journalism for a brief period after graduating but decided not to pursue that path.

Anyway, I had a professor tell me once that to be a good journalist, one should major in liberal arts and not journalism. He also said that graduate school for journalism was worthwhile because, there, you could think and form your own ideas about the field and how to perform in it.

Do you agree with this?

BTW, I opted for an MBA after that.

"Debt falling as a percentage of the economy" is a reasonable goal. But why does reducing debt today mean austerity rather than growth? If we grow the economy, debt as a percentage will fall just as it does if we go into austerity. Considering what is happening in Europe, I vote for growth.

Great to see you here. I was a broadcast journalism major in the late 80s and you and Sam Donaldson were my idols.

Anyway, I think that just by producing an independent newspaper in the pre-Web days (which I did), the effort alone legitimized it as a news source because the barriers to entry were so high. Today, those barriers are pretty low.

My question is: Looking at how almost anyone can start a blog that may or may not become recognized as a legitimate news outlet, what would you say provides that credibility today?

We bought our house five years ago and, looking at Trulia and other services, it looks like our house gas depreciated by about 10%. However, we have done improvements in that time which probably are not reflected in these services.

Should we get a new appraisal?