Siding with the poor is the noblesse oblige of the intelligentsia. We exchange this for internecine squabbling at our credibility's peril. Every writer should pay some dues as an editor; even moreso, every writer should know what it's like to be homeless.

   "Twilight of the Content Providers"

Nowadays looking at newspapers gives me some hope but damn, the house is half burnt down & they're just beginning to smell smoke? I wonder every day how a journalist can look himself in the face in the morning. But i know. They're just junkies--addicted to a process which nilpertains the truth.

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