Spot-On: Spotlight

Spot-on likes to pride itself - and why not, we say - on being ahead of the curve. Today, we bring you two great examples along with a preview of our holiday offerings for those of you still at the office.

Writing from Milan, Nicole Martinelli reported on the Italian mafia's fascination with itself. A few days later, the New York Times chimed in. So did Variety.

And Christopher Brauchli took note of some edits - that's the more polite phrase - to a Smithsonian Institution exhibit on climate change. The Washington Post had more on this, bearing out Brauchli's suspicions, earlier this week.

We'll be taking some time off this week but you'll be able to enjoy a few of our holiday treats - have a look at the column on the right for holiday specials coming from Deborah Klosky, Mike Spinney and Jeanne Jackson. And don't forgot to check out Kevin Week's pointers - although, honestly, by now you've blown through the first one - on T-day preparation.

It being the season, you readers - new and old - have our thanks. If you'd like to keep in touch more regularly, please consider a subscription to our RSS feed. Updates via RSS are also available via MyYahoo and Bloglines. And our weekly newsletter - it's free, it's fun and we won't sell your name to anyone - will also keep informed of what we're doing. You can subscribe here.

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Posted by Chris Nolan at 10:26 AM | Permalink

We've told you - more than once - that Spot-on's Scott Olin Schmidt's got a good eye, a sharp pen and, like almost everyone on this site, a flair for voicing his opinions a bit ahead of everyone else.

Today we get a little validation. Scott's piece on O.J. Simpson - which you read here in September - appears on the op-ed pages of today's Los Angeles Times, which is also sporting a nice, new redesign.

If you're coming to Spot-on from the LATimes: Welcome. There's plenty more of Scott here. Of course, we hope you'll stay around for other writers. Can we suggest a little Mike Spinney? Or maybe some Jeanne Jackson?

Of course you readers - new and old - have our thanks for reading. If you'd like to keep in touch more regularly, please consider a subscription to our RSS feed. Updates via RSS are also available via MyYahoo and Bloglines. And our weekly newsletter - it's free, it's fun and we won't sell your name to anyone - will also keep informed of what we're doing. You can subscribe here.

Edit a newspaper, produce a TV or radio show? Want to add any of our fine writers to your editorial mix? Drop Doug Page, Spot-on's syndication sales guru, a line and he'll get you all the details about pricing, availability and delivery of any of our writers or feeds.

Posted by Chris Nolan at 9:58 AM | Permalink

Time to spend a little time reminding you of Spot-on's ability to get in front of the news. Well in front.

Christopher Allbritton's piece on Iran's place in the new Middle East could serve as a primer for those of you interested in Sen. Barack Obama's recent foreign policy pronouncements.

Today's coverage of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton centers on her strategy as a candidate. In August, Chris Nolan looked at how Sen. Clinton might win the race and noted Clinton's ability to manipulate the ambivalence so many feel toward her may well pay off.

Scott Olin Schmidt has been consistently ahead of the news in many respects. His last piece about the Southern California fires and suburban sprawl is a topic on the minds of many editorial writers theses days.

And while you may not enjoy the idea of shock jock Don Imus returning to the airwaves, Mike Spinney thinks it's a fine idea. A week or so before Imus announced his new deal to return to the air, Spinney explained why the I-man is so loved.

Posted by Chris Nolan at 11:17 AM | Permalink