And, mentioning a column in The New York Times and reports elsewhere that have noted the block includes a bar and an off-track betting office, he said, "It is absolutely disingenuous, as many have said, that that block is hallowed ground".
But as life, not to mention a column, is boring without opinions, we will also offer thoughts from our style book as well as Johnson's own opinion on what's good, bad and ugly.Future topics might include the language of middle-managers, academics and sportscasters.
A WHILE back, I mentioned in a column that I had agreed to edit the college admissions essays for the daughter of a friend of mine.
Another, as I mentioned in a column a few weeks ago, is much simpler and doesn't require more regulation: Don't ever take yourself off the loan, even if it does mean that the payout is lower.
As I mentioned in a column a few months ago, the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation — which is embroiled in litigation with (who else?) Countrywide over whether Mortgage Guaranty has to pay off insurance on stated-income loans that went bad — hired investigators to root out some examples of fraud.
A reader, Paul Teichert, in mentioning a Joe Nocera column in which the phrase was used, expressed his displeasure: "Why become part of the conservative media echo chamber?" he wrote.
As the column mentioned, a large percentage of trips that people make -- to work, school, or shopping -- are quite short.
This column mentioned a couple of weeks ago that British equities were yielding more than government bonds.
Another column mentioned a BBC reporter who said he enjoyed a good plane crash because it meant he was on his way to New England for clam chowder.
