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The Course of Words

Disagreeing to agree

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 […]

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Life Lessons

Decisions

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 […]

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News, Spin

Loco local

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 […]

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Life Lessons

Resolved

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. New Year Resolutions: 1. Do right. -30-

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Body, Home, Street

Tin cans

Copyright 2003 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003. Note to self: Tie string to cordless phone and other end to phone’s base unit. Won’t get misplaced that way. Note to self: Would wire work better? Note to self: How about speaker wire, and twisting around connection points? Maybe Radio Shack has phone wire? Note […]

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News, Spin

Left profile, right profile

Copyright 2003 Ben S. Pollock Monday, Dec. 29, 2003.Not content to just advise that plastic sheeting and duct tape are effective deterrents against sophisticated biological weapons of mass destruction, the federal government warned that people with almanacs could be international terrorists. The Associated Press confirmed the FBI’s Christmas Eve bulletin to 18,000 police departments. Cops […]