SW #95

A commander or an officer sees a camera and becomes a diplomat, calculating every rubber bullet, every step. It’s intolerable, we’re left utterly exposed. The cameras are our kryptonite.

An Israeli soldier serving in the West Bank

SW #87

Much writing today strikes me as deprecating, destructive, and angry. There are good reasons for anger, and I have nothing against anger. But I think some writers have lost their sense of proportion, their sense of humor, and their sense of appreciation. I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they happen to strike me.

E. B. White

SW #82

G-Dawg splashes tax cuts like P Diddy with champagne but the banks miss out on the bling.

Headline in Financial Times

SW #79

News is something someone somewhere doesn’t want printed. Everything else is advertising.

Lord Northcliffe