Entries in Rod Boyce: The editor's desk for November, 2008
A policy revision on Web site comments
Arguments about war and the politics of war don’t belong in certain places. They don’t belong in the comments area of Fairbanks Daily News-Miner stories about the deaths of soldiers, airmen or Marines.
That’s why we have decided to no longer allow comments on those stories.
People: It's what we should be about
Looking back, I think we — I — should have chosen to put the story of the passing of Battalion Chief Phil Rounds of the University Fire Department on the front page Tuesday rather than on page B1.
Did Lincoln really say that?
Can you guess the originator of the following quotes?
“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.”
Good luck, Dillon, you might need it
Readers of the News-Miner are surely familiar with the name R.A. Dillon. I’ve known Tony since back in 1991, when we both worked at The Anchorage Times.
The governor and the media
The Sarah Palin story is just about over — for now. Or so they say. Or maybe it’s just this first chapter of the first volume of the Palin story that is over.
OK, I know — it’s not over. And it won’t be for a long time.
What a night
With the election behind us, and with some sleep finally recorded, there’s time to take note of something regarding the News-Miner’s presentation of the results.
