. . . our most profound national civic holiday, July 4, found time today to celebrate -- in a manner of speaking -- Labor Day. The first sentence signals that this will be another . . .
. . . anti-editorial -- pointless (August was really, really hot, but now it's not August anymore), snarky (we aren't declaring mission accomplished), elitist (white shoes?) -- an editorial with nothing to say, saying it.
Labor Day feels especially peculiar this year.
For extra excitement, the editorial delivers typical Chronicle drive-by potshots at the state and region from which the newspaper draws its material, but not spiritual, sustenance.
The holiday usually seems odd here in Texas, where unions are traditionally held in the same warm regard as fire ants.
Here in the semitropical swamplands . . . .
(Editorial, "Keep telling yourself: It's Labor Day. Summer's over," Houston Chronicle, September 6, 2010)
To see how a newspaper that takes serious things seriously might write about Labor Day, check this:
It's hard for Americans to believe in a recovery when, from where they sit, things look and feel list an economic quagmire. Payroll figures remain anemic, reflecting the end of temporary government jobs for census workers and few new jobs in the private sector. Even worker productivity, once a bright light in the economic forecast, is slowing. Corporations are finding it harder to do business with fewer workers; yet they aren't confident enough to expand their payrolls.
(Editorial, "Labor Day brings no reason to celebrate," Dallas Morning News, September 4 [?], 2010)
UPDATE: Thanks for the link from BlogHouston.
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