Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Wednesday, December 18, 2002 :::
Since the previous post sort of delved into finance, I figured I'd separate my second comment about Taranto into a second entry. I just wanted to vent publicly about the stick he has up his nether-regions over the Reuters "Oddly Enough" category. Taranto seems to speak a dialect in which "oddly enough" means "happy fun-fun stories of joy and mirth". Reuters -- which tends to speak English, at least when not discussing terrorism -- uses it to mean "the lunatic fringe begins here". Many of their stories are, hence, macabre.
Even if he had a point when he first brought it up -- maybe we get more of a kick out of the weird than is healthy in a culture -- he's made it. This isn't one of the top ten problems facing the world today, but I do think Taranto could give it a rest.
