You Are What You Read

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Style

“[O]pening up a newspaper is the key to looking classy and smart. Never mind the bronze-plated stuff about the role of the press in a democracy—a newspaper, kiddo, is about Style.”

—Garrison Keillor, writer, poet, radio host and stylish newspaper reader, 2007

• Editorial Comment: And then you can slide it under a puppy, or set it on fire.




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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Trinidad, California. (Be)Friend The WORD

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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