clarifying

(P.S. I’ve been thinking since Sunday about retracting my “it’s almost impossible to write well about issues” statement. I could clarify for hours and probably just dig a deeper hole for myself, so let me say that I think it can be done. It’s just that I happen to be not that interested in reading blogs that focus solely on various issues. Or even one, really. I like stories better. Which is not to say that I don’t like blogs that focus almost exclusively on one or more topics. There’s a difference between issues and topics.)