Holly in Cincinnati has joined this site as what was formerly called a “guest blogger” but we now consider a “co-blogger.” In reality, Holly was one of the first people asked about guest blogging. And the reason why is perhaps something others may want to emulate. Holly would catch our typos. She might occasionally mention it in comments, but more often than not she’d send an email with the subject TYPO ALERT! and we’d fix it immediately. (Some folks see a typo...

Cross-posted at The Reaction: Integrity seems to be in short supply in the TV news business, and especially in the cable-TV news business (with its hyped-up 24-hour news cycle and endless stream of sensationalism, but for once a major broadcaster has stood up for the integrity of his profession (not to mention his own) and said that enough is enough. That major broadcaster is Bob Costas — long one of my favorites, whether it’s been the Olympics, baseball play-by-play, his own late-night...