To the editor of The Nation:
The Editor wholeheartedly agrees with the person who declined to subscribe to your magazine in a letter published in its Oct. 31 issue.
Like that person, The Editor is a liberal and former print newsman. Like that person, The Editor finds your magazine plain, hard to read--dull.
The Editor won't be renewing his subscription.
That was a one-sentence paragraph, unlike the mega-sentence blocks of grayness favored by your editors.
Count this writer as one of the 1960s pioneers introducing modular makeup, larger typefaces, fewer columns and increased use of graphics designed to make news publications more readable and attractive.
Your editors emulate textbook publishers and teachers of English by favoring drabness and vocabulary bloviation, forcing captive readers to experience eyestrain and routinely consult dictionaries.
USA Today, a highly successful national publication, captures a large readership because of visual appeal and brevity.
And by acknowledging that readers have limited time to endure editorial roadblocks to the understanding of issues and events. (30 OCTOBER 2011) .
