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Reframe, tell a new story, build something

The weekend arrives at last. And the Denver Posts' evil sudoku has been once more wrestled to the ground. Over the past couple of weeks I gave a talk about our BHAG: Colorado Public Library Advocacy Initiative to the Colorado Association of Libraries Paralibrarian conference, the Colleague Connection event at DU, and participated in a similar presentation for the Colorado Library Consortium. When I returned, it was to find a couple of highly critical, and one rather nasty, letter to the editor about a column I'd written about Ben Bernanke's role in averting a second depression. I was touched by the concern of some of my staff members, a few of whom wanted to fire back in kind. But I reminded them of several things: 1. I write a column every week. I get the last word. 2. The topics I write about are things that interest me. I don't expect that people will agree with me. I change my own mind often enough as I learn more about things. Although I write my columns on my own ...