Comments on: “Rich Bitch” http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/ Paul Hoffman on words, chess, food, science, and everything else that's big fun. An exploration of ideas in my book King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Grandmaster Andy Soltis Says Accept “Gambit” « thepHtest http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-357 Grandmaster Andy Soltis Says Accept “Gambit” « thepHtest Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:12:24 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-357 [...] York Post meant a lot to me. (I’m also tickled that the review appeared in the Post, whose headlines I’ve enjoyed for years). Under the headline ACCEPT ‘GAMBIT’ AS A GOOD READ, [...] [...] York Post meant a lot to me. (I’m also tickled that the review appeared in the Post, whose headlines I’ve enjoyed for years). Under the headline ACCEPT ‘GAMBIT’ AS A GOOD READ, [...]

]]> By: Tom Panelas http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-287 Tom Panelas Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:01:09 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-287 The Sun-Times has actually turned it up a notch in recent years. Today it resembles a Murdoch tabloid more than it did when Murdoch owned it. The front page always has some sensational outrage. The difference is that the Sun-Times doesn't have another tabloid competitor that forces it every day to the extreme edge of tabloidicity. The other thing is that in Chicago we just don't have outsized personalities like Trump and Leona. The Sun-Times can pick on Mayor Daley, but people here just don't get exercised about political corruption. Awhile back they were reduced to fulminating about Cook County President Todd Stroger's private elevator. Snore. The Sun-Times has actually turned it up a notch in recent years. Today it resembles a Murdoch tabloid more than it did when Murdoch owned it. The front page always has some sensational outrage.

The difference is that the Sun-Times doesn’t have another tabloid competitor that forces it every day to the extreme edge of tabloidicity.

The other thing is that in Chicago we just don’t have outsized personalities like Trump and Leona. The Sun-Times can pick on Mayor Daley, but people here just don’t get exercised about political corruption. Awhile back they were reduced to fulminating about Cook County President Todd Stroger’s private elevator. Snore.

]]> By: paulhoffman http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-285 paulhoffman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:22:50 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-285 So I gather, Tom, that the Tribune and Sun-Times have gotten staid in their old age. So I gather, Tom, that the Tribune and Sun-Times have gotten staid in their old age.

]]> By: Tom Panelas http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-284 Tom Panelas Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:02:42 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/rich-bitch/#comment-284 Gee, I miss New York. Gee, I miss New York.

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