ON THE CUTTING EDGE


in the pg.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday Forum section today debuts a new weekly feature: The Cutting Edge, a compendium of new ideas and sharp opinions from publications, think tanks, blogs, and just about anywhere else OpEd/Forum Editor Greg Victor finds something to flip his rhetorical futon. I knew it was coming, thought it was a great idea, and looked forward to reading it.

The first installment gets things off to a rousing -- and somewhat surprising -- start, with a passage from TWM favorite 2 Political Junkies, a local item about negligent Oakland landlording, a couple of interesting national pieces, a tease for an upcoming, no doubt fascinating look at the campus rape myth (watch for an upcoming post on that subject here, too), and, wrapping it all up, a choice excerpt from the Hometown Temperature post you read right here last Saturday. I didn't know it was coming, hope it was a good idea, and look forward to seeing whether such a promising addition to the Sunday paper can overcome the marginal taste and questionable judgment of including me in its inaugural edition.

We'll all check back next Sunday, to see if the Forum section survives...

Posted: Sun - January 27, 2008 at 10:37 AM          

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