The newspaper columnist vs the entry-level employee:
But my last straw broke last week when I got to the register with another four books for my children, bought on impulse on the way to the movies.
“Would you like a plastic bag?” I was asked, in the disapproving tones I’ve learned to accept from sales staff of a certain age and taste for studs. Read more »
This blog doesn't usually comment on Bolt the man, largely because the subject is irrelevant. A polemicist could be a lovely fellow with his family and friends, and still write toxic drivel in the newspapers. Alternatively, he could be a total arsehole to everyone around him, and still make sensible arguments in his writing.
Bolt's personal character has little to do with this site's critiques of his newspaper column and blog, in other words. Read more »
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