"The benefits of hour by hour and day by day reporting from the front line far outweigh the disadvantages, " Straw said.

CNN: Straw praises war reporters

Those who could read shared the glorious details with their illiterate fellows, and up and down the state, Latinos savored the blow-by-blow reporting from the front lines of the conflict that had so riveted their attention.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Reporting back from the front, the House is Occupied by generally delightful, smart, publicly spirited people who are underpaid relative to the level of responsibility they shoulder.

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