Daily Archives: February 7, 2010

Newspapers, Police Thyselves

George Gombossy was apparently amused and flabbergasted at the full pageĀ  ad that appeared in Sunday’s Courant. It protests a plan to allow government to post public notices online instead of in the newspaper. Here’s part of it, minus the giant screaming headline “The Government Can’t Police Itself.” You can read it for yourself, but [...]

Hobgoblins Of Typography

Perhaps it is a subtle salute to Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. In any case, I [...]

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