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To: carranza2 who wrote (141607)	7/27/2004 12:00:32 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In general, I don't read the NYT editorial page or the op-eds. This thread has pretty much cured me of any desire to read "political commentary". And the culture war stuff I find tiresome in the extreme. Why, exactly, the NYT is supposed to give fairandbalanced coverage on that front is yet another conundrum. The eternal NYT vendetta is pretty much off topic here, but Okrent's culture war / fashion / entertainment / "Sunday Style" analysis is much more off topic. Is the reason you rarely address substantive issues and prefer instead to engage in personal invective the fact that you are incapable of doing so? Or is it simply your preferred mode of "discourse?" And when, exactly, did you stop beating your wife? Offhand, you do seem to know a thing or two about personal invective. As far as substance goes, as opposed to "substance" in the Sunday Style / culture wars sense, I'd refer you to nytimes.com . I know it's officially all "spin, lies, bias, and prevarication", but I'd be entertained if you could point to a "fairandbalanced" equivalent, out among the warbloggers and political commentators so beloved by the right here.