Odds and Ends

Really nice column in Saturday's religion section on the topic of forgiveness. Economical with nice movement from personal to general and back again.

The huge package in Sunday's front section about the Monroe City soldier felt stretched to me.

I've long been mystified by the Whig's choice of news from around the nation. The paper is usually sensitive to a fault to the delicate sensibilities of its readers when the story is local. But boy, all bets are off if the story isn't from around here. There's a particular fondness for gruesome animal attacks. If an alligator grabs a golfer in Florida, a bear chomps a child in Montana, or a python eats its owner in New York, Quincyans will be in the know.