Sunday, March 28, 2021

Letter Cancelling My Newspaper Subscription

I have received a "Renewal Notice" advising that my current subscription expires on April 7th. Please be advised that I will not be renewing.

While I object to the weasel words "up to" in my Renewal Notice, my real reason for not renewing lies in the poor quality of your right-wing columnists. I love George Will--he is easily the most thoughtful and articulate columnist around these days, and he is, quite simply, the best in the country.

While Will is a true conservative, a position I respect, consider the likes of Cal Thomas, Mark Figley, Michael Reagan, and Christine Flowers. These columnists think not with their brains, but with their biases. And they can't write worth a lick.

Were I to continue to subscribe to your newspaper, I would be giving tacit approval to the brainless right-wing bias on your editorial page, and this I cannot do. Back in the early 2010s, you had some good Libertarian commentators like Thomas Sowell and others. These Libertarians had legitimate, principle-based views, and I respected them even though I didn't agree with everything about their philosophy. But those Libertarians are all gone, and in their place we have a bunch of no-talent hacks.

MLB Predictions for 2021

Good to be back to a 162-game season this year. I'm not following Spring Training as closely as I usually do, but I will still offer the followoing predictions.

NL East: Nationals, Braves, Mets, Phillies, Marlins

NL Central: Cardinals, Brewers, Reds, Cubs, Pirates

NL West: Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbakcks, Giants, Rockies

AL East: Yankees, Blue Jays, Rays, Red Sox, Orioles

AL Central: White Sox, Twins, Indians, Royals, Tigers

AL West: Astros, Angels, A's, Mariners, Rangers