I am reading the new biography ‘All Governments Lie’: The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone by Myra MacPherson. Mr. Stone worked for a few years at the famous experimental New York newspaper P.M. Reading again about the trendsetting daily of the late 1940s and early 1950s was coincident given the news […]
Newspaper supplements as a rule have disclaimers in them. Sure they’re small type, but they are there. They basically give the dates of the sale, that rainchecks are offered if an advertised item gets depleted and that the prices are exactly as posted. Ozark Natural Foods, my favorite grocery store, has up and run a […]
Why having an ombudsman seems to be a publication’s cop-out: From Romenesko: “Atlanta Journal-Constitution reader Carolyn Worthy fears 12-year-old ballplayer Josh Lester will be scarred for life as a result of the paper’s decision to picture him crying after his team lost a Little League World Series game. Ombud Angela Tuck writes: ‘Had a similar […]
A pox of this tax, or a tax of this pox, (twist of Falstaff’s line of Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, part 2) We should, as these editorials all attest, vote “yes” to all four of Fayetteville’s tiny tax increases. Northwest Arkansas Times, and the Demzette. Should the Morning News publish a […]
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock Your government at work: No liquids or gels of any kind will be permitted in carry on baggage. such items must be in checked baggage. This includes all beverages, shampoo, sun tan lotion, creams, tooth paste, hair gel, and other items of similar consistency.” from Liquids and Gels Prohibited in […]
Construction has proceeded enough at the site of a new movie complex in Fayetteville to be obvious that we’ll have more screens — and stadium seating just down the street — before too long. It’s on Joyce Boulevard west of the Wal-Mart and on the same side of the street. What will happen to the […]