I try to keep up with the news, but it seems like I am always falling behind. Then I have to go do some research to try to fill in the gaps. Case in point: The week after the recent election, I read a column in the Telegraph about how failure to solve the school funding problem, now that they had a majority in the Legislature and controlled the governor's office, could be the Democrats' undoing.

I read that, and I thought: "Hm, I must have missed the story the day after the election about how the failure to solve the school funding crisis had been the Republicans' undoing." So I went back and looked and...no story. 

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I mean, who hasn't been, these days? It's like we missed November...and if you believe the forecast, we are going from September to December without passing go.

What does that have to do with the newspaper? Well, one of the most delightful things in the Telegraph every day, IMHO, is the little drawing, apparently done by schoolchildren, that accompanies the weather blurb and the pointer to the page containing the full forecast. I look forward to it every day.

I'm sure it's a pain for someone on the copydesk to make sure there's a new one for every day, but I for one sure appreciate the effort. Even on a rainy day, it's a sure smile.

If you haven't noticed this bright little feature, take a look. It'll brighten your day right from the start...and maybe take you back to your school days.

It's probably in the nature of a "reader advocate" that more often than not, I'm criticizing the Telegraph.

But, stepping out of character for once, I want to note that the Telegraph did a great service by pointing out, in their Election day editorial, the less than honorable tactics used in New Hampshire, for a second time, by the national Republican Party.

 

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