The Mining Journal has an astonishing market penetration in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and a reputation for an abrupt and in your face editorial policy. It is the one daily paper that everyone reads. More than once, I canceled my subscription on the heels of a run of hare brained opinions expressed by the editor. Today's hot letter to the editor expressed some very pointed, left of center, advice to readers. (That, in itself, is worth noting.) The editor, knowing the power of his publication, bothered to avoid any confusion that might cost a local funeral parlor business among its right wing or non ideological patrons. It is a lovely thing, this small town courtesy. The editor took the time to attach this line following a red hot letter:
Editor's note: Gordon C. Peterson is not to
be confused with Marquette resident
Gordon J. "Gordy" Peterson of
the Swanson-Lundquist Funeral Home.
I might have subscribed anew had I still lived in Marquette. Maybe. (IF I had some eggs, I'd have some ham and eggs, IF I had some ham.)
