Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. I like Howard Dean. I didn’t care one way or the other before the night of the Iowa caucuses and that speech of his, Jan. 20. Now I don’t know if he should be elected president or even the Democratic nominee; if he’s still a candidate […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004. It is OK to for a publication, or an individual writer, to be superior to readers. Ps and Ws, increasingly in recent years, attempt to be either equal to the reader or beneath them. The first is thought to appeal to the reader more strongly. The […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004. The old chestnut of a philosophical construct: If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today? Ideally, you’d spend lots of time in the park, barefoot (the sun would be warm and shining of course), using your cell phone to call […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. Remain skeptical about smaller newspapers insisting on local news, that local news is what local readers want. I’m not sure what readers want, but realize readership is dropping everywhere. This is a sneaking feeling that, oh, local TV newscasts contain just about all the local information […]
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. New Year Resolutions: 1. Do right. -30-