Once upon a time, there was an underappreciated yet vital person slaving away at your local newspaper. (We’ll save the “once upon a time, you had a local newspaper” lament for another time.) This person was the heart and soul of the newsroom, the bringer of sanity and restraint, the one who knew the difference […]

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I woke up this morning and thought, what the Web really needs is a pissy, recalcitrant bastard who has too much time on his hands, coupled with a strong misanthropic bent, to set the world straight on matters of grammar. I’m tired of picking up the paper and […]