SecondHand

 

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

Ben Hecht (1894-1964)

(but cf. Memorial Day (28 May 2002), EssentialNewspaper (24 Mar 2005), ...)


TopicThinking - TopicSociety - TopicLiterature - 2005-12-21



(correlates: IncessantBarking, UnreliableNarrators, WeeBitMoreComplicated, ...)