For as long as I can remember, my family has been in the habit of picking up the Sunday paper on Saturday afternoon.
While the practice does not, sadly, provide us with the next day's winning lottery numbers, the extra half-day is welcome time to plow through the mattress thick collection of features, book reviews, travel sections, etc., most of which are prepared days, if not weeks, in advance.
I've just returned from picking up tomorrow's (Sunday, 12/31/06) edition of the Chicago Tribune (no link available yet.) And a familiar name jumped out at me.
UPDATE: Link now available here.
Running along the left-hand side of the front page is a lengthy article titled 20 Things To Look For In '07. It is a listing of prognostications for the new year from the Trib's reporting staff.
And there on the front page, in the #5 position, under the title Blogorama I found this:
In August, Democratic presidential candidates will come a-courtin' the bloggers at the second convention of the Daily Kos blogging collective and its readers. With the 2008 election year drawing near, the second Yearly Kos, held at McCormick Place, should outdraw the hugely popular 2006 edition and might serve as an unofficial campaign-season kickoff.
No one who frequents Daily Kos needs the validation of the Chicago Tribune to recognize the site's importance and impact. But when the old guard, especially one as notoriously right-wing as the Tribune, gives us our props, it makes me feel all warm inside nonetheless.