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or Powell's or me• • •
"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
June 18, 2005
I Apparently Learn Something New Every Day
I always thought "op-ed page" was short for "opinion-editorial page." Ie, you have the newspapers' institutional editorials and you have the opinion columns. But Timothy Noah says this in Slate:
Three decades ago, the New York Times created the editorial page's logical successor: the op-ed page. "Op-ed" is shorthand for "opposite the editorial page." A mixture of regular columns and freelance pieces, the op-ed page quickly became a thousand times more compelling than the editorial page it stood opposite... Overall, the op-ed page was such an obviously great idea that every other newspaper in America quickly followed suit.
Hmm. I wonder what other abbreviations I'm misinterpreting.
Also, beside the op-ed definition, I also didn't know that the op-ed page as it currently exists is such a new thing. But then, I didn't start reading anything beside the sports section until about 1990.
Posted at June 18, 2005 09:41 AM | TrackBackComments
Ummmmm.... this Noah guy? ummmm.... a real living, breathing human who went to elementary school??
Posted by: Terrible at June 19, 2005 10:58 AM
