It is that time of year that is most politically correctly and succinctly called THE HOLIDAYS. Lists of the past year’s best/worst and predictions of the future abound.

The lists and predictions are unavoidable and the politically correct thing has gotten tiresome along with the current fashion for an ironic, emotionally detached attitude. If you aren’t emotionally connected to the world, why are you writing about it? More pointedly, why should anyone read your writing?

The only alternative seems to be the self-obsession of the Twitter set. Twitter is fine for adolescents or junkies, but otherwise just pathetic.

Sad, really that with so much writing going on, myself included – that so little of it really delivers a thoughtful analysis of the times we live in. But then, the same could be true of newspapers in their heyday (when NYC had 13). Quantity and Quality seldom go together.

Perhaps that is something important for us all to aspire to as we continue to write in the year ahead.

Kathy Sharpe, CEO

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