Librarians get the job done

The Richelieu Reading Room at the National Library of France in Paris is beautiful. But no, you can’t get in to see it, not unless you are a registered researcher, or skilled at talking your way past librarians. (Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times)

Don’t mess with librarians.

On my blog, I’m using a stronger word than “mess,” the watered-down euphemism required by the kabuki of daily newspapering. Which, for the record, I object to. The nation is in continual crisis, if not circling the drain. Norms are trashed left and right. Newspapers are wan imitations of themselves as it is. Time to unleash all the words.