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 We’re Missing a PolskiPosted on Apr 17, 2012
For the last five years, a tall blond intellectual has roamed our secret base of operations, touching virtually every item you read here and making them all better. Kasia Anderson left us Monday, and we will miss her. As one of two full-time editors, Kasia did much of the blogging (you may recognize her initials, KA), editing and planning that contributed to three Webby awards and a loyal and growing audience. She also distinguished herself as our arts and culture editor, a regular on Truthdig Radio and, more often than not, the voice of reason. (Read some of Kasia’s work here.) She did all this while working on her doctorate at the University of Southern California, where she also taught. Kasia leaves as a friend, off to pursue her passion for entertainment journalism at The Wrap. We look forward to reading her stories there, like this one. Now to pull the curtain back a bit and speak candidly in my own voice. For the last five years, Kasia has been my comrade. We’ve toiled to produce this site at all hours of the night and it’s thanks to her in large part that I can be proud of it. Sometimes our newsroom was a freezing kitchen in Paris or a hotel suite in Manhattan. We covered elections and wars and, sometimes, stories that just made us smile. I’m going to miss working with Kasia. It’s not every day you meet an academic with a wicked sense of humor and, it should be known, a toughness forged in the streets of New York City, where she cut her teeth as a reporter. I have a great staff here at Truthdig—a wonderful publisher and editor, and fine copy editors and bloggers. But we’re going to have to figure out how to do it without professor Polski, Kasia Anderson, Truthdigger of the pentad. —Peter Z. Scheer
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By Mr. Fish, April 20, 2012 at 12:40 pm Link to this comment
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Best editor I ever had.
Report thisBy faith, April 20, 2012 at 9:30 am Link to this comment
Best wishes to KA ! TruthDig is a wonderful blog. I used to write it’s web address
Report thison the chalk board in law school so that everyone could be aware and read its
informative articles. Thanks for being part of that.
By niebieska, April 18, 2012 at 11:33 am Link to this comment
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You’re missing a POLSKI ? Forgive me but I don’t get it. Is Kasia [diminutive for Katarzyna (Catherine)] Polish ? Or is Polski her maiden name ? Or are you referring to her being of Polish ancestry? If the latter, then you would refer to her as Polka (feminine for Polish woman) as opposed to Polak (for a Polish man) No, it’s not derogatory. At least not in Polish. . . but ” A Polski” is like saying “A POlish” and is gramatically incorrect because it is an adjective.
Report thisBy gerard, April 18, 2012 at 9:00 am Link to this comment
Thanks, KA, for tolerating all my criticisms, insults, suggestions, left-handed cracks and insinuations. After all, I was only “trying to make Truthdig better” (most of the time).
Report thisBy EmileZ, April 18, 2012 at 3:02 am Link to this comment
Jackie Wilson - Didn’t I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSldXQsIMHA
Report thisBy EmileZ, April 18, 2012 at 2:57 am Link to this comment
I’ll miss you KA (and your beautiful voice of reason).
Break a leg!!!
Strictly Genteel by Frank Zappa and performed by ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuT—JDaJNM
Report thisBy Lafayette, April 18, 2012 at 2:53 am Link to this comment
My apologies for the double impression of the following comment. I’m not sure how that happened ...
Report thisBy Lafayette, April 18, 2012 at 2:50 am Link to this comment
FRIENDS OF RONNIE
Yes, but let’s remember nonetheless that all those celebrities, with their vacant smiles and small fortunes, are all One Percenters. See that fact in this info-graphic here. Note that the One Percenters obtain nearly half of ALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME in the US.
Meaning also that the remaining Ninety-nine Percenters were left to share the remaining 53% of Total Household Income generated by our economy.
Oh, but the Celebrity Class, they’re DIFFERENT from the Banksters!
Really? Not for the IRS. They all benefit from the same Tax Code that allows them super-star status tax deductions that brings their net tax to 22/25% of the total. (According to the IRS).
They are all “friends of Ronnie”. That is, Reckless Ronnie Reagan, who brought tumbling down the high marginal income rates on total Income, that is, both compensation and capital gains. In terms of marginal income, Ronnie virtually created America’s Plutocracy when tax rates descended from the mid-70% range to the 30% range during his administration.
And that includes our Celebrity Class.
CAVEAT
No doubt, they are all professionals. I do not question their professional capacity. I do doubt however the necessity for such colossal tax avoidance that is perfectly legal and the single-most factor for America’s Income Disparity.
Higher taxation, even of the Celebrity Class, can go a long way to assuage the daily suffering of those who must live off food-stamps and dwell in squalid housing.
Yeah, right, it’s all THEIR FAULT because they didn’t try hard enough? Right? Wrong!
They are the victims of a Tax System gone awry that creates their despicable condition. We are all such victims in an America where the rich get richer and the poor are road-kill on the Highway of Life. Whilst far too many of the Middle-class tread water desperately to remain afloat.
MY POINT?
Only progressive taxation sharply at higher levels of Total Income will generate the Tax Revenue Base that could provide a minimum of Social Justice in America. If only we, the sheeple, woke up and insisted upon it.
POST SCRIPTUM
And despite the above rant, best wishes nonetheless to KA in her new job.
Report thisBy Lafayette, April 18, 2012 at 2:48 am Link to this comment
FRIENDS OF RONNIE
Yes, but let’s remember nonetheless that all those celebrities, with their vacant smiles and small fortunes, are all One Percenters. See that fact in this info-graphic here. Note that the One Percenters obtain nearly half of ALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME in the US.
Meaning also that the remaining Ninety-nine Percenters were left to share the remaining 53% of Total Household Income generated by our economy.
Oh, but the Celebrity Class, they’re DIFFERENT from the Banksters!
Really? Not for the IRS. They all benefit from the same Tax Code that allows them super-star status tax deductions that brings their net tax to 22/25% of the total. (According to the IRS).
They are all “friends of Ronnie”. That is, Reckless Ronnie Reagan, who brought tumbling down the high marginal income rates on total Income, that is, both compensation and capital gains. In terms of marginal income, Ronnie virtually created America’s Plutocracy when tax rates descended from the mid-70% range to the 30% range during his administration.
And that includes our Celebrity Class.
CAVEAT
No doubt, they are all professionals. I do not question their professional capacity. I do doubt however the necessity for such colossal tax avoidance that is perfectly legal and the single-most factor for America’s Income Disparity.
Higher taxation, even of the Celebrity Class, can go a long way to assuage the daily suffering of those who must live off food-stamps and dwell in squalid housing.
Yeah, right, it’s all THEIR FAULT because they didn’t try hard enough? Right? Wrong!
They are the victims of a Tax Code gone awry that creates their despicable condition. We are all such victims in an America where the rich get richer and the poor are road-kill on the Highway of Life. Whilst far too many of the Middle-class tread water desperately to remain afloat.
MY POINT?
Only progressive taxation sharply at higher levels of Total Income will generate the Tax Revenue Base that could provide a minimum of Social Justice in America. If only we, the sheeple, woke up and insisted upon it.
POST SCRIPTUM
And despite the above rant, best wishes nonetheless to KA in her new job.
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