We’ve closed commenting on the Quick Quips blog. This is effectively the end of Quick Quips for the American News.
Quick Quips was meant to be an online stop for users to give their opinions on the issues of the day. The comments were unmoderated, unfiltered and unattributed. We received them here on the blog, as well as by text message, phone and e-mail. Then, some of those comments were printed on the editorial page.
Because of the response from readers, we stopped publishing Quick Quips in print a few months ago, bringing back Today in History. However, we left Quick Quips open for commenting online.
We think it’s time to shut off Quick Quips altogether. A lot of factors go into a decision like this, but I’ll talk about a couple.
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