It's not that we don't all love chess, and crossword puzzles, and funny little news quizzes with puns, and discussions of cobbler we had in Alabama in the old days. It's not that there isn't a place for that. But perhaps NPR should just look and see if we can't change the ratio of pieces on antique baseball cards to cobbler ... [fuddy-duddy voice] crossword-puzzly puzzle ... lame humor. How many funny little news quizzes do we need over the week? It's just a little bit of a bowtie nation ... I think we have to take a stand against pompous gasbags.
- sandra tsing loh, "A stand against pompous gasbags," interview by John Gorenfeld salon March 16, 2004
posted March 16, 2004 in print. 200320022001