Bennett surf

James Bennett, the editor of the Southern Illinoisan has hopped on the blogwagon. Good for him. His pieces are pithy and personal, but no links are given (like to the Williamson County Airport, or Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement -- which has very little web presence)

Bennett sometimes asks his readers their opinion with questions like "define greatness" . . .(the sort of questions newspaper editors ask readers). He wants debate, but he may find spam comments a problem. At least Bennett is making an attempt (which is part of my own definition of greatness: lofty aspiration, plus persistence and success). I wonder what the Southern Illinoisan editor's definition is. Shall I ask him?

* * * update, 5/5 * * *

I did ask . . . and he responded in his blog. . . . and I'm drafting a follow-up question or two, in the interest of greatness.

[blogitor's note: the photo above is not James Bennett, but the great Bennett Cerf who had many publishing milestones, before the internet and blogs were invented. The author of this post could not resist a visual shout-out to the dead ed.]