Thursday, November 21, 2013

Abrasive

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Editorial Sanding


“There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily. Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.”


—John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th U.S. president


• Editorial Comment: Hear that, news hounds? Wake up!


War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
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PeezPix by Ted Pease 
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