Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Kathleen Parker Responds!!!
Well, that was fast!
Here's Ms. Parker,
Thank you for getting in touch. I heard about the Easterbrook blog item from a
couple of readers and, upon taking a look, was struck by the similarities. To
answer your implicit question, I wrote my column April 8, a day before Mr.
Easterbrook posted his item on April 9. I make no accusations because I'm a firm
believer in the 'idea cloud.' That is, lots of people get the same idea at
approximately the same time. The 'what-if' conceit was fairly obvious. As a
matter of record, two items:
1. I wrote a 'parallel universe' column a year ago. This was my second
installment;
2. I write my columns according to set deadlines -- 3 p.m. Mondays and
Thursdays. I wrote the column in question immediately following Condi's
testimony on April 8. You are welcome to confirm this with my editors and I will
gladly provide phone numbers.
Additionally, I personally emailed the column to the editor of Jewish World
Review on April 8 because he was preparing his weekend edition and asked for it.
He posted it the morning of April 9, which you may confirm by visiting
www.jewishworldreview.com and clicking on my column. I'm sure Binyamin would be
happy to confirm.
If you have further questions, please let me know. And again, thanks for getting
in touch. I appreciate your professionalism. I'm copying this to my editors at
my home paper, The Orlando Sentinel, and at my syndicate, Tribune Media
Services.
All the best,
Kathleen Parker
And sure enough, another alert reader passes on a link to Ms. Parker's 'parallel universe' column from almost two years ago--May 22nd, 2002.
Well, it works for me. Just like fawniks.
And thanks to Kathleen Parker for taking the time to write.
Splash, oops
Jason
Here's Ms. Parker,
Thank you for getting in touch. I heard about the Easterbrook blog item from a
couple of readers and, upon taking a look, was struck by the similarities. To
answer your implicit question, I wrote my column April 8, a day before Mr.
Easterbrook posted his item on April 9. I make no accusations because I'm a firm
believer in the 'idea cloud.' That is, lots of people get the same idea at
approximately the same time. The 'what-if' conceit was fairly obvious. As a
matter of record, two items:
1. I wrote a 'parallel universe' column a year ago. This was my second
installment;
2. I write my columns according to set deadlines -- 3 p.m. Mondays and
Thursdays. I wrote the column in question immediately following Condi's
testimony on April 8. You are welcome to confirm this with my editors and I will
gladly provide phone numbers.
Additionally, I personally emailed the column to the editor of Jewish World
Review on April 8 because he was preparing his weekend edition and asked for it.
He posted it the morning of April 9, which you may confirm by visiting
www.jewishworldreview.com and clicking on my column. I'm sure Binyamin would be
happy to confirm.
If you have further questions, please let me know. And again, thanks for getting
in touch. I appreciate your professionalism. I'm copying this to my editors at
my home paper, The Orlando Sentinel, and at my syndicate, Tribune Media
Services.
All the best,
Kathleen Parker
And sure enough, another alert reader passes on a link to Ms. Parker's 'parallel universe' column from almost two years ago--May 22nd, 2002.
Well, it works for me. Just like fawniks.
And thanks to Kathleen Parker for taking the time to write.
Splash, oops
Jason
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