Monthly Archives: June 2009

Here is Robert F. Kennedy, speaking in 1968 and observing, essentially, that our ideas about success, as a people and as a nation, are completely disconnected from reality: Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal … Continue reading →

The problem of people making abusive comments on newspaper websites is not restricted to Fresno. They have this problem in Las Vegas, too. But there federal prosecutors demanded the identities of people who wrote the abusive comments because they “might … Continue reading →

Yesterday I lamented the horrible state of discourse on The Fresno Bee letters website, which is mostly due to the poor behavior of people who rant insanely against “liberals” and “democrats” and “socialists.” There are a few irate, slogan-slinging left-wingers, … Continue reading →

Over at The Fresno Bee, they post letters to the editor on their website. These are the same letters that are published every day in the printed newspaper, under the following guidelines: Please include address and daytime phone number for verification, … Continue reading →