Here’s my so-so column from today’s paper. As you can see, I followed the Columnist’s Axiom — namely, when in doubt, reference your own life:

As I type these words, I have an excruciating toothache. And it’s made me realize that we blame schools too much for our children’s problems.

(Keep reading. That’ll make sense eventually.)

My dentist was impressed this morning that I’d gotten my tooth into the newspaper. I was less impressed at the $1,200 in dental work she said I needed.

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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)

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