I don't write diaries very often, and when I do, it's usually about some news event rather than an opinion piece; the intellectual firepower on this site is intimidating.
But in the aftermath of the mine disaster - and all the thoughtful, caring diaries and comments yesterday - I started wondering ...
Did you know that over the past 365 days, there have been 172 diaries that included Massey as a keyword? And 92 that included Blankenship? (And that doesn't count today's FP entry by Devilstower or this one, or any others that get posted later.)
I didn't go through the two lists to weed out duplicates, so let's assume every Blankenship diary is included in the Massey list and use the higher number. And I read through the titles and estimate that about 35 aren't directly applicable to Massey (overnight news digests, diaries and stories where "Massey" refers to someone or something else, etc.). So let's say there have been approximately 135 diaries by, rough count, about 75 different writers - in ONE year - about Massey Coal and Don Blankenship and their despicable tactics.
That's one diary about every three days. About just one publicly-held company and its CEO. Did you realize this community has talked about them so much?