<HTML>Yup Let's hear it for good prose, and facts with some level --however debatable the obvious bias sometimes-- of actual fact-checking! For both prose and facts, I recommend the Wall St Journal!!!!!! They seem consistently to hire good writers. Plus they are often a more edifying source of recreational blood-pressure elevation than certain discussion lists..... Plus if you want to know about demonstrations in far off places, ask the capitalists who at least notice when something impinges on their interests. DoreneC In a message dated 9/22/02 4:19:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dhenwood@panix.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Why is it important that stuff not be dull? For one, there's a great pleasure in reading good prose, and suspicion of pleasure is no dobut one of the reasons left pubs are so dull (along with fear of giving offense). But for two, there's also the issue of persuasion - it'd be nice to appeal to people beyond the One True Church. I know some people find this a pointless or silly goal, but I don't. Doug </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>