Daily Archives: May 22, 2009

Cliff Teutsch, Bobbie Roessner Farewell Photos

As promised, here are the photos from Thursday night’s farewell party for Cliff Teutsch and Bobbie Roessner. (Click on the images to see in full size.) There were some funny moments, and some touching ones. In his remarks, Jon Lender said he didn’t quite know what to say about Bobbie because she is “so weird,” [...]

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A New Banner Day Is Coming

I suppose it will be seen as a  symbol of greater normalcy (whatever that is), or perhaps the return of “mainstream”  rationality, or maybe a retreat from radicalism, but for sure some eyebrows will crinkle when the  Hartford Courant’s banner returns to the top of the front page. I was never that bothered by the [...]

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‘Reader Speak’ Disappears (Thankfully)

Observant readers of the Hartford Courant may have noticed that  “Reader Speak,” the quotes from anonymous commentators on the Topix message boards, have disappeared from the tops of the pages. Their disappearance seems to have coincided with interim editor Naedine Hazell’s appointment to her new job. If she is, in fact, responsible for ending them, [...]

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