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April 06, 2005
They Don't Call Them the P-U-Litzers for Nothing
I've been pushing Nick Kristof of the NY Times for the Pulitzer for a while now. Even though Kristof is a reliable liberal columnist, he does a lot of columns that require substantial original work, and that tackle difficult subjects, like child prostitution in Asia or gang rapes in Darfur.
However, the 2005 Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded (for 2004 work) and Kristof, despite being a finalist, did not win. Instead, the award for commentary was bestowed upon Connie Schultz, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The award itself gives a hint that I wasn't going to like her columns:
Awarded to Connie Schultz of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, for her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged.
Pungent, indeed. Here's a convenient list of the columns that were used in Schultz's nomination.
Consider this one on the passage of concealed carry legislation in Ohio, which carries on in the "Slow Mo" Dowd tradition:
See what happens when you tell a guy he can hide a gun under his sport coat?
Right away, he starts strutting as if he were Matt Dillon kicking up dirt after a little coochy-coo with Miss Kitty. Threatening this, threatening that – it’s embarrassing, really, especially when the fellow playing shoot’em-up is a state official.
State Rep. Jim Aslanides is just full of spit and swagger now that his concealed-weapon bill has passed. Thanks to Cowboy Jim and his posse, your average citizen – not to mention your not-so-average raging ex-spouse and disgruntled employee – can carry a hidden weapon around any street in the state.
Or this one on the gay marriage ban Ohio's voters passed in 2004:
This amendment, which had the support of many priests and pastors, is the harshest such legislation of its kind in the country. It bans gay marriages and all civil unions and strips health benefits to unmarried couples – gay or straight – at public colleges, including Cleveland State and Ohio State.
In word and deed, Ohio told thousands of gay and lesbian couples that they, and their kind of love, aren’t welcome here.
Posted by pat at April 6, 2005 11:11 AM
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I don't like her simply for talking about our Kitty. We need more men with guns. I just read this great article in my NRA magazine (gasp) about how Switzerland is a gun loving society--all men have to own a rifle and tin of ammunition if they are over 18 years of age.
Crime rate? Minimal. I wonder how that's going to fly with the EU.
Posted by: Aaron Matthew Arnwine at April 6, 2005 06:53 PM
HA HA HA !!! That reminds me that my mother never missed an episode of Gunsmoke because she had a thing for James Arness who played Matt Dillon.
Posted by: kitty at April 7, 2005 10:29 AM