[backhoe]

I must be inhaling that Stupid Gas the pulp mill here puts out ( inside joke betwixt me & wifey... ) because if this writer has a point, or theme, I can't find it anywhere.

[Popman]

I must be inhaling that Stupid Gas the pulp mill here puts out ( inside joke betwixt me & wifey... ) because if this writer has a point, or theme, I can't find it anywhere.

I think that Stupid Gas bottle is being passed around via the Internet. The point of the article is seemingly beyond my limited comprehension.

[Wonder Warthog]

"I must be inhaling that Stupid Gas the pulp mill here puts out ( inside joke betwixt me & wifey... ) because if this writer has a point, or theme, I can't find it anywhere."

It's a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH--the only point of which is to describe the life of the person under discussion, which I think was well done. And surprisingly, for an article from the grossly liberal NYT, it has done so without any liberal spin. It appears to be exactly what journalism "ought" to be----an exposition of the facts. Would that more reportage was this well done.

That you "look for a theme" I think illustrates just how badly the MSM IS biased---you automatically "look for the spin" that the reporter or editor usually puts on "the story".