Monthly Archives: May 2007

Letter writers and the facts of life

If you’re an online blogger or forum user, you’re accustomed to saying pretty much whatever you want and then posting it for the world to read. You’re also accustomed to seeing a lot of garbage posted by people who apparently don’t spend a lot of time checking out their information. We have our blogs here [...]

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The typo, the mistake, the agony

Nothing ruins my morning more quickly than discovering an error in the paper as I’m downing my first cup of coffee. This week, I’ve had a couple of mornings ruined already and it’s put me in a foul mood. (My mood grew fouler moments ago, when my first attempt at filing this blog resulted in [...]

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Is Murdoch in our future?

The buzz in the newsroom over the past week has centered on reports that Rupert Murdoch — he of Fox News and The New York Post — was making a run at buying our parent company, Dow Jones. The threat seems to have subsided somewhat, but a degree of angst remains. That angst comes both [...]

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