Is this blackmail?

I got this from a non-reader who apparently reads my column. (Yes, that is as contradictory and convoluted as it sounds.) I thought I’d share:

Being tempted to re-subscribe to the Packet, I checked on line today to see if Hank Kalet is still writing his tedious, unoriginal and redundant column. Alas, it is still there and – as always – there was nothing I would not find on the New York Times’ op-ed page. Truly, can anyone possibly care to hear his opinion of a law passed by Arizonans to deal with Arizona problems?

A deal: I’ll re-subscribe when you focus exclusively on local issues, which seems to be the mandate of publications like the Packet, Press, Post, et al.

Keep in mind that the column this week used the Arizona immigration law to get at something larger and included comments from Princeton’s Maria Juega, of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, which seems pretty local to me.

In any case, I’ve noticed a trend over time: People never complain about the editorial page unless they disagree. But instead of responding to the argument made by a particular editorial or column, they complain that it doesn’t belong in the paper in the first place.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet