A new personal low?
I need more to do. Case in point:
While perusing this week’s Parade (a highlight of my Sunday morning paper reading, and, unarguably, a pinnacle of journalistic excellence), I was troubled by the apparent ideological discrepancy between their smartly-written, reader-driven piece titled “You Found a Better Idea” and the spot-on, hard-hitting news of the “Intelligence Report.”
To wit:
You Found a Better Idea
Disposable measuring cups.
Paper liners with the measurements marked would fit inside regular cups.
Why we like it: Disposable cups would allow you to measure different ingredients without having to stop and wash the measuring cup. Then you’d just throw out the liner.
Intelligence Report: To the Woodshed
The average American uses up 75 cubic meters of solid wood a year in paper and other products…. Across the globe, 32 million acres of trees disappear each year…. With them go key sources of oxygen and global cooling.
Talk about mixed messages.
This inconsistency from such a noted source was unbelievable. I took the fight to them. I made the bold move of registering on their site and I left them with a biting, perceptive comment.
Parade, feel my wrath. I expect a full explanation in the next issue.
