Word: soapbox
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...arguably the greatest transformation on the World Wide Web has not taken place in the realm of academics or computer technology, but in college athletics. Today, amateurs are finally catching up to the 21st century by making personal websites, assuring themselves of a 24-hour soapbox with which to communicate with fans, sell merchandise, and make me feel better about myself by making egregious spelling errors...
...think I’ll step off the soapbox now and continue with the rest of my column...
...Editorial Page. Bitingly sardonic and bereft of thoughtful reasoning, the Herald’s editorial page is where inane arguments go to die. I give the opinion page some leeway since it’s the one spot where pontification is to be expected. But the soapbox shouldn’t be an invitation for the patently ridiculous. A post-election political cartoon featured an obese Ted Kennedy asking an equally rotund Michael Moore “Are we twins?” while a caricatured Jesse Jackson goes off on a nonsensical diatribe/rap about black oppression...
...student about the Harvard Corporation and you’ll get one of two responses. Said student may act bewildered and confused. Alternatively, she migh hop on the nearest soapbox and rant. What does the Corporation actually...
...their newspaper," says Matchett, nodding toward Mitchell and Stutchbury's offices. "Most of the time the paper has a clearly enunciated line on the issue," he says. "Occasionally there's a twist in an issue, but it all gets debated out." If the leader is the paper's soapbox, the opinion page is its sparring ring. Choosing columnists and commentators to spark or review national debates, page editor Tom Switzer says he runs his choices past the editors, who "sometimes have an editorial angle they would like reflected on the opinion page." Surrounded by stacks of journals and back issues...