When I was in journalism school in college -- this was a few years ago -- about half of the people at the student newspaper were women. When I got out in the late 1970s, almost all of the editors I knew were men. These days, women editors are common.

Erie County Economic Development Corp. has posted the new Strategic Action Plan to its Web site. You should read the whole thing, but you can get a quick version by looking at the report's list of strategies.

STRATEGIC STRATEGIES

My colleague Cory Frolik has been all over the Norwalk Furniture saga (latest story here).

Last week, I posted about an apparent front-runner as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama looks for a vice president nominee to run with: Virginia's governor, Timothy M. Kaine.