Recently, I’ve (inadvertently) sent some pro-Obama and anti-Pallin e-mails to pro-McCain people. My bad! I can understand that it annoys people (who have let me know), but is this an issue of free speech or bad form? In other words, should I be keeping my beliefs quiet, should I be more polite? Is this bad […]
I just received notice from Ken Swanborn’s widow, Janet, that the Tribune will reprint his death notice this Sunday with the line, “In lieu of flowers, vote democratic” reinstated. Ellen Glassberg of the Tribune said that she regretted the error, and Janet Swanborn graciously accepted her apology.
The Huffington Post also picked up the story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/chicago-tribune-rejects-v_n_125351.html
A friend’s brother passed away last week, Ken Swanborn. While at the wake yesterday, the deceased’s sister told me how they wrote this line in the obituary:
“In lieu of flowers, vote Democratic.”
Somebody at the Chicago Tribune called and said they couldn’t print that. Since Ken Swanborn was a canvasser for Obama and a stand-up comic, […]
