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Paint It Black

12.21.07 @ 12:01AM

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s You've Got a Friend:

When R. Emmett Tyrrell writes, "[Black] saved some of the finest newspapers in the English-speaking world and introduced a sophisticated conservative point of view into the dull drone of our liberal-polluted Kultursmog," he is presumably speaking at least partly of the London Daily Telegraph.

While Tyrrell is correct, the "saving" was unfortunately as transient as Black's role as publisher of the Telegraph. Anyone who has read the Telegraph since Black's departure cannot avoid the conclusion that the editors and writers made an ideological 180 the moment the exit door stopped swinging. In addition to proving Tyrrell's point, the Telegraph also proves the corollary, that a publisher cannot explain away the "liberal-polluted Kultursmog" of his paper by alleging the independence of his editors and writers. The buck stops with the publisher.
-- Frank Natoli
Newton, New Jersey

You're a good man, Mr. Tyrrell. The traits I value most in people are whether I deem a person to be a "stand -up guy" and a "straight shooter," gender neutral of course. You qualify on both. Happy Christmas & New Year to you & the rest of the TAS family.
-- Anthony DiPentima

STUMBLE BUM
Re: George Neumayr's response (under "Other Cheek, Not Turned") to Tod M. Tamberg in Reader Mail's Mahony Hits Back:

George, make you a deal: You say "Tamberg Hits Back" instead of "Mahony Hits Back," and I'll spell your name correctly next time. Sound good? Seriously, I doubt that most folks, including the cardinal, are even aware that you or the Spectator exist. I stumbled on it quite by accident, and was happy to respond right then and there.
-- Tod M. Tamberg
Director of Media Relations,
Archdiocese of Los Angeles

DODDERING ON THE BRINK
Re: Shawn Macomber's Questions about Chris:

Senator Chris Dodd is the reason I pray for term limits. Every time Dodd runs for reelection I vote against him. I don't know why the people of Connecticut keep putting this blowhard back in office.

Like many members of Congress who have made a lifetime career in office and enjoy the more-than-generous benefits that they vote for themselves, Dodd doesn't stand up and fight for the really important things, the hard things, things that would bring relief to Connecticut citizens who are paying enormous taxes and enormous prices for energy (not to mention they are leaving Connecticut in droves). Instead he panders to the special interest groups and is rarely seen or heard in public.

Imagining Dodd as president is just too silly...although, the presidency does have term limits.
-- John Nelson
Hebron, Connecticut

Is it too late to cancel the check given to this idiot to write this babble?

Talk about not knowing AND worse yet, not CARING to know the candidate -- just trying to score cheap shots. Is Shawn 13 and had time left over from writing for his middle school paper?

RESEARCH is the cornerstone of good journalism. Shawn needs to go back to school and take his garbage writing with him.
-- John and Gibby Ries

HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT
Re: W. James Antle III's Life Was Blue:

W. James Antle writes, "The Republicans seem to be increasingly split between undermining their social-issues advantage by nominating Rudy Giuliani or mimicking the Democrats' old fusion of social conservatism and economic liberalism by nominating Mike Huckabee."

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