Monday, December 31, 2001
We know that death in war is necessary but not joyous, that war is a condition the educated seek to get out of, not to revel in.
We know that when you die, your uniform can be removed and what is left is not a partisan but a dead human being.
We know all this because we have been taught it. Just as we have been taught that sharing the world is better than destroying it.
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Mitch Albom on the idea that education is the only way to world peace.
Posted: 1:49 AM
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Thursday, December 20, 2001
But if your task is to tell stories about high school, you (and your readers) had better be prepared for some hard edges. That's because high school has some hard edges.
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George Ayoub on high school journalism. We could easily substitute "life" for "high school".
Posted: 11:43 PM
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Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Readers are stampeding away because they are alienated by diversity-skewed reporting. "Much of the American public has the sense that news organizations have a view of reality at odds with their own and that reporting and commentary come from some kind of parallel universe."
Usually I don't put my comments on the main page like this, but this one's unusual. If readers are leaving because they don't feel their viewpoint is represented, shouldn't the media be striving for more diversity of opinion? Though I think they're claiming that the old-white-male view is not properly reported.
I think media outlets should be working to find out what everybody's view of realty is, not deciding which one is the loudest or most correct.
Posted: 10:20 PM
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Tuesday, December 04, 2001
I like the story that smokes up from certain found things. A good piece of trash has just enough information to make you wonder but not so much to make you stop.
Posted: 1:45 PM
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