The Eric Black piece in MinnPost about the hotfooting of Cheney and his advisers over Sy Hersh’s “assassin squad” accusations is just excellent. This is just one example of the work that non-profit papers can afford to do, and the unorthodox ways in which they are willing to allow their reporters to put stories together. And according to MinnPost editor Joel Kramer, readers are very interested in their local reporters’ take on national news. No wonder.