tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147306807125133826.post2858475110726733279..comments2020-01-18T01:46:38.255-05:00Comments on My Quill Pen: A Death in the FamilyPaul Sevenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793651455954000575noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147306807125133826.post-66468793044879120142009-03-13T10:01:00.000-04:002009-03-13T10:01:00.000-04:00You are so right on the mark with this.I sometimes...You are so right on the mark with this.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes wonder why I have invested 2 years in writing a column for a print newspaper because I had no grand expectations of getting on staff. Actually the reason contract columns were available at all was to pick up the slack of shrinking staff; and it has shrunk even more to where the publisher and editor are the same person.<BR/><BR/>There was a day when that would have been considered a huge conflict of interest (I think we can guess what LaBarbera and Thomas would have said about that), but really the argument of which is more important the advertising or the content is moot because the advertisers have already won.<BR/><BR/>And yep, I love my Firefox and I run my blocker at full-tilt.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834029909046193413noreply@blogger.com