Michael Hart typed:
None of these are my views, none written by me, or at my instigation.
??? That's certainly not how it looks from the newsletter. And, independent of who wrote them, someone chose to include many, many items that have nothing to do with PG (and chose particular items that reflect a specific worldview).
I am not a political person, I am apolitical to the point of anti-political, and I don't have any political agenda, other than to stay pretty much as far away from politics as I can get, as many people are aware.
I'm not sure what you mean by "political", but there sure is an awful lot in the newsletter that would fall under what many (most?) people would call "politics" or "the political realm". Still, if the word "politics" is a stumbling block, how about "current events that are unrelated to PG". The newsletter has always had far too much of that (IMHO).
If you don't like something from one of those articles, the URL is usually there, and you are more than encouraged to send letters to the editors, and we will be only too glad to post any such letters that are published, and perhaps even some that haven't been [I'll probably ask our CEO first].
i.e. you're inviting even MORE coverage of politics (er, current events)?
We've been quoting Edupage and/or Newsscan for years without any mention from a single one of our readers
That may well be true, though doesn't indicate whether readers would (in general) prefer a PG-specific newsletter vs. the current expanded version. Just as one example, I've never spoken out against the newsletter since I'm not willing to edit it and am happy just to ignore it. But, now that the subject has been raised.... I suspect that many people would read a short, focused newsletter that emphasized "what's new" at the top. I'm pretty skeptical how many people are fans of the tedious stats and other repeition; if they were moved to a separate newsletter, how many would subscribe? A "non-PG items of interest to the newsletter editor" would also be appropriate as a distinct newsletter. -- Cheers, Scott S. Lawton http://Classicosm.com/ - classic books