Monday, May 16, 2005
Proof by contradiction
I have an opinion! Maureen Dowd and Thomas Freedman, two of those people who are greatly respected for whining a lot (i.e. columnists), make an appearance in an article titled "Columnists Are Opinionated on Campus." Setting the tone, let me just mention that this article is located right next to today's Daily Cal column from Alex Stathopoulos, which is the least opinionated type of column: The "Here's some cool stuff to do" column.
Anyway, consider this sentence that I've hacked together from various parts of the article:
Dowd, the author of "Bush World: Enter at Your Own Risk," said a nonpartisan approach to columns leaves her without a natural constituency, in front of a packed crowd.
Niiiiiice. Lady, bitching about Bush gives you a natural constituency faster than you can say "Bush Lied, People Died."
Both did not hesitate to attack the Bush administration, which Friedman said "does not reach out to anyone that (he knows) that doesn't 100 percent share their view."
I'm not entirely sure what that sentence means, but it sure sounds bad.
"We are reeling backwards in science and not supporting stem cell research," [Dowd] said. "The whole country is just being kind of yanked around by this politicized evangelical Christian right."
She did mention how nonpartisan she was, right?
Dowd, who received the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1999, said the stigma attached to being a "polemicist" is why "there aren't many women columnists, and why teenage boys trash talk on the basketball court more than teenage girls."
Also, the citrus flavor of oranges is why North Dakota can be found North of South Dakota.
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