Comments on: Welcome! http://www.wholesomereading.com/2005/08/30/welcome/ Musings on culture and politics by baseball writer Steven Goldman Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Milton Mankoff http://www.wholesomereading.com/2005/08/30/welcome/#comment-8 Milton Mankoff Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:37:34 +0000 http://www.wholesomereading.com/?p=2#comment-8 I enjoy your baseball writing a great deal and hope you bring as much analytic power to politics. I assume you write for the Sun for the same reason famed bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked, said he practiced his trade: "That's where they keep the money." But, as it seems your political views are not at all the same as those neo-cons who bankroll The Sun, you might ask yourself if you really want to draw your fans to that venue.They might well inadvertently wander from your wisdom to the dangerous and heartless observations of others on the Sun. Perhaps you might diminish the damage by telling your readers to only look at your column and then throw the rest in the garbage. Fortunately, it seems like the Sun will fold at the end of the year, but you still have time to rectify things. Incidentally, you might find some of the posts on my all too sporadic blog on politics and culture of interest. It's at www.differentdrummer.typepad.com I enjoy your baseball writing a great deal and hope you bring as much analytic power to politics. I assume you write for the Sun for the same reason famed bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked, said he practiced his trade: “That’s where they keep the money.” But, as it seems your political views are not at all the same as those neo-cons who bankroll The Sun, you might ask yourself if you really want to draw your fans to that venue.They might well inadvertently wander from your wisdom to the dangerous and heartless observations of others on the Sun.

Perhaps you might diminish the damage by telling your readers to
only look at your column and then throw the rest in the garbage. Fortunately, it seems like the Sun will fold at the end of the year, but you still have time to rectify things.

Incidentally, you might find some of the posts on my all too sporadic blog
on politics and culture of interest. It’s at http://www.differentdrummer.typepad.com

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