Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Something for Mr. and Mrs. Patriotic American to consider
The amount of news coverage that should be devoted to the Challenger space shuttle accident is not easy to determine. There should be coverage since this is a major story but it also seems that the coverage is way out of line with the significance of the story.
A search on news.google.com turns up well over 1,300 stories calling what happened a “disaster.” The two primary definitions for “disaster” are, according to dictionary.com, “An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe” and “A grave misfortune.” The death of seven people, however saddening, does not seem to fit either definition.
