I'm torn. I wrote in my column this week that it is indeed a great time to be alive. These days will be recorded for posterity, and stories will be told to generations not yet here about the year 2008. The year that an African-American and a woman both ran for the presidency of the United States. The year that Jackson saw what $750 million looks like at work. The year that we had a spirited debate on NOT whether we would build a civil rights museum, but WHERE to build the museum. The year that ... read on »
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Aug 27, 2008Who Can Read This?
kudzuking: These days Agnew only writes something if he's opining on the falling star that was Frank Melton.
Aug 26, 2008
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Michael Harvill: 'When he walks around an auditorium (movement), noteless and untethered (yes, we get the idea), there are few people better on…
Aug 26, 2008
Fare thee well, mes amis
L.W.: Lauren, I truly enjoyed the honesty and wit in each of your blog entries.
In your honor,…
Aug 26, 2008
First black woman to serve as representative of Ohio dies
justjess: I have followed Stephanie's career for years. She was definitely a force in politics and someone…
Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: I just did a quick Google on "passive writing" and newspapers. This turned up on the Poynter site:
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Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: Excellent Yoda analogy, Lori.
You're right about cadence and rhythm. Certainly not all my sentences are beautiful, but I…
Aug 25, 2008
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Lori G: It can be difficult, though, to teach the art of beautiful sentences.
Amen! I know most people at…
Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: You're probably right, Sophie. It can be difficult, though, to teach the art of beautiful sentences. (Or at least not-ugly ones.) I've…
Aug 25, 2008
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Sophie: I totally agree with you about the melange of long and short sentences. Maybe the answer to the problem is to teach…
Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: I wouldn't say "slow," eyerah; it was certainly a column about a relevant topic. No problem there; my issue is with a…