Eyes on the Prize
In his latest blog post, the Pioneer Press's Craig Westover appropriately, and very persuasively, reminds us of the real question surrounding the debate on Maxfield Elementary and Nick Coleman's reporting: what is the best way to provide public education? For those tired of Coleman-level analysis and histrionics, it's a welcome respite of logic and reasoned argument.
And it reminds us of what a pleasure it is to have a choice in editorial commentary in the Twin Cities. There was a time not too long ago when the local media debate on education was limited to what Nick Coleman had to say versus what his wife, Laura Billings of the Pioneer Press, had to say. From their pillow talk to your living room, six times a week.
Once again, thanks to the Pioneer Press for hiring Westover. Because if he wasn't there to push the debate from the rival editorial page, Nick Coleman would have escaped with his Maxfield distortions going unchallenged. It makes you wonder how many other times in the past 20 years he's gotten away with this. Only Laura Billings knows for sure. And she ain't talking about it. S he has more important things to write about. Like complaining about people who don't give enough thought when they pick out her Christmas gifts:
But what I dread about the season, a little more every year, is the giving and receiving of gifts, the mass exchange of currency and last-minute purchases that no one wants or needs. People who pride themselves on their gift-giving acumen believe their offerings are the exception to this fact, but chances are they're just fooling themselves.
Yowza, that message is clear as a bell. Nick needs to spend a little less time haunting the halls of Maxfield Elementary and the White Castle on Lexington and little more time at the posh boutiques along Grand Avenue. That will make sure his wife, and all Pioneer Press readers who can be spared her domestic complaints, have a happy New Year.
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