Don't Read Huck Finn or Should Anonymous Bloggers be Taken Seriously?

Samuel Clemens AKA Mark Twain Just recently I read here about a local reporter’s less than flattering view on blogs. The title of her story, “Indecent Expression” tells a great deal about her slant on one of my favorite forms of communication. She argues that blogs “are dangerous.” She rightly points out the problems with unsigned comments and anonymous blogs

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Blogs: Worth Wading through some Muck?

Modified from a comment on the Times Standards’ recent opinion piece. Some people who comment anonymously on blogs misuse the option. Recently Richard Marks on his Samoa Softball blog wrote a beautiful piece that made my throat ache. Most people commented thoughtfully but a few made such inane, mean-spirited responses that I was disgusted. I would prefer bloggers to remove

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