In early 1994, I sat through an hour-long presentation given by someone brought in by the Liverpool Daily Post to talk to journalists about Total Quality Management.

Trinity Newspapers, who owned the paper, felt it was important for us to understand that we were part of a Grand Plan. That, previously unknown to us, there was a proven management theory at work. And we few were in the vanguard of progress. Read more »

Few things "get to me" these days. Maybe I've reached the mid-life point where I may not have seen everything, but things that might have shocked me as a 20-year-old have lost their impact.

I have to admit, though, that the decision to block regional newspapers from accreditation to the Olympics has me shaking my head.

When the news broke, I thought maybe a) it was a mistake or b) the eventual explanation for the denial of access would make sense. Read more »