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Dad, husband, MBA, publisher of hyperlocal sites, Cubs fan and former political consultant in Chicago. Drop Mike Fourcher a line at mike (at) fourcher-dot-net. What Is Vouchification?
VOO ´ -chee — The first month of my college freshman year I got into a little trouble with the Dean of Housing. My college newspaper wrote a story about it, erroneously naming me "Mike Vouchey". The name stuck with some of my friends.Instablog
- .@mickeyd1971 If you win a Studs Terkel award, are you required to wear a red checked shirt when you accept it? 04:35:45 PM February 03, 2012 from HootSuite ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @andrewhils: Congrats to @mickeyd1971 of the @Chicago_Reader on his Studs Terkel Award. Well deserved, my friend. http://t.co/DvK9NYSq 04:34:42 PM February 03, 2012 from HootSuite ReplyRetweetFavorite
- You know, maybe it's my ethnicity speaking here, but I think French Techo is pretty cool, the New Pornographers not withstanding. 04:07:29 PM February 03, 2012 from HootSuite ReplyRetweetFavorite
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Science Fiction Anarchy And Changing Our Streets
I just finished reading Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Dispossessed. The plot centers around a genius physicist and his life on two planets with two polar opposite social-economic systems: one statist-capitalist, and another anarchical-socialist. Like many of LeGuin’s novels, the brilliance … Continue reading
The End Game For Newspapers Is Approaching
Newspapers and their publishers are freighted with too much bad business judgment and lack of vision. We have arrived at a turning point where either newspaper companies will crash and die under their own poor business acumen, or owners and … Continue reading
Starting a business is hard
Starting a business of your own is hard. I’m on my second business now: Purely Political Consulting. Despite the fact that it’s just me, it is a business.




