All of which remains true, regardless of whether the news is delivered in print or online; sadly, Weinberg devotes little time to explaining the eventual demise of McClure's -- but that's probably another story, and the one Weinberg has written is plenty. "Reading Tarbell's expose of the Standard Oil Company is a remarkable experience ... In many ways it seems that it could have been composed only yesterday, not more than a century ago. The strangleholds that Sam Walton's Wal-Mart and Bill Gates' Microsoft demonstrate in their business realms are reminiscent of the sway held by Rockefeller's Standard Oil." Tarbell's methods were innovative a hundred years ago; now they're basic tools of the trade. Full Article at Kansas City The Pitch