When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Saturday, December 23, 2006
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Bloggers Write On Despite Will's Snub (letter to editor)
In his column on bloggers [Other Opinion, Dec. 21, 'Tom Paine Was No Blogger'], George F. Will wears his elitism like a winter coat. I hope it keeps him warm this winter.Courant letters to editor
I prefer the sweaty tumble of the blogosphere, where writers good and bad commingle and float words and thoughts on a daily basis.
Will fails to notice that the ease of writing a blog has led thousands of people to do what teachers were previously unable to do: get people to write.
Writers improve by the steady exercise of writing. If Will ever gave advice to a new writer, I'd expect it to be a sneering "Shut up. You don't know what you're doing!" But from others, the common advice for new writers is to write about things they know (frequently their own lives) and to write often. That's exactly what a great many bloggers are doing.
I believe that writing helps us think and that in practicing writing and thinking, we will improve at both - if not to the impeccable standards of George Will, at least to a higher level than we previously achieved.
Why complain about that?
Pamela Shorey
Willimantic
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