Thursday, February 05, 2009
An Open Letter to Amy Dickinson by Margo Howard
An Open Letter to Amy Dickinson by Margo Howard
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In short, when the Tribune hired and syndicated you, that made you their new advice columnist, period. You are no more "the new Ann Landers" than Carolyn Hax, Dan Savage or any of the dozens of advice columnists who were bought by newspapers to fill the space previously occupied by my mother.
By law, the only person who would have been able to become "the new Ann Landers" was me. And that was nothing I chose to do. You see, dear, even I knew that there could only be one Ann Landers.
Sure. Whatevs.
That's why Dear MargoŽ's column always finishes off with Dear Margo is written by Margo Howard, Ann Landers' daughter.
Not that Margo Howard would ever even consider trying to be the new Ann Landers.
posted by Sal Towse at 10:03 AM|
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[...]
In short, when the Tribune hired and syndicated you, that made you their new advice columnist, period. You are no more "the new Ann Landers" than Carolyn Hax, Dan Savage or any of the dozens of advice columnists who were bought by newspapers to fill the space previously occupied by my mother.
By law, the only person who would have been able to become "the new Ann Landers" was me. And that was nothing I chose to do. You see, dear, even I knew that there could only be one Ann Landers.
Sure. Whatevs.
That's why Dear MargoŽ's column always finishes off with Dear Margo is written by Margo Howard, Ann Landers' daughter.
Not that Margo Howard would ever even consider trying to be the new Ann Landers.
posted by Sal Towse at 10:03 AM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
