Shame on the New York Times

[Jonathan Lighter]

I agree completely.  Ben knew what he was talking about - in the publishing
world, so often a hindrance. Informed commentary on language - rather than
on, say, the hot new fashions - wasn't grabbing that young, educated
demographic.

Society evidently wants to go post-verbal, however. And good luck with that.

JL

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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