Unless you are a conservative writer...then errors are just fine as long as they support your narrative.

Ma'aam, you are sadly mistaken if you think the column goes straight to publication without editing. Someone on the KNS editorial staff always edits it. Always.

Because of time constraints connected to print production deadlines -- it's written on Wednesday for a midday deadline -- having a third party look it over would be problematic. And, as I said one of the complications this week is that I was writing while sick. Never a good idea, and it meant that I busted the deadline which threw some things off kilter at the paper, I'm certain. Note the name/title mistake wasn't caught and the column itself wasn't set to go live on the website at midnight Thursday.

There are reasons connected to a medication that I take for a chronic medical condition that I might make more mistakes than I have made previously. One of the listed side effects of the medication is problems with word retrieval. When I have mentioned problems I've perceived with this to my doctor, he has brushed it off as age-related. The mistakes I make do tend to be with new information rather than ingrained information. Either way, I don't like it. And the medicine does the job it's supposed to do.

Clearly there need to be some steps put in place on my part to make sure that such silly, stupid, inane mistakes aren't made. Identifying someone as Chad instead of Chip is one thing, but also mixing up the title is quite another. I've been thinking of what steps I can take, and I'm going to have a chat with my editor on Monday. I think a couple of measures will be put in place. I hate making mistakes; it's truly not my style.

We have already struck the iceberg. But perhaps that isn't "obvious."

Why did we take Kim McMillan out so early? With an unopposed primary, there was no reason for Dems to go vote in December, which hurt local candidates down the ballot throughout the entire state.

Democrats have gotten out of the habit of voting, because there's no one to vote for. Randy and Sam were hurt because they were the only people on the ballot.

No, I don't count McWhertor because it seemed like he stopped trying two months before the election. And an unopposed primary always leads to a weaker candidate in the General.