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Punch-Connecting Columnist Offers Strong Words

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I really couldn’t do justice if I introduced Evening Bulletin columnist Chris Freind, who pens the “Freindly FIre” (ho ho) column for the paper. So let’s have him do it himself:

After sifting through hundreds of readers’ e-mails offering wide-ranging comments on several of my recent columns, it occurred to me that most readers don’t have the foggiest notion about the columnists themselves, just a set of his opinions. Accordingly, in order for there to be a truly symbiotic relationship between columnist and reader, I thought it would behoove said columnist to elaborate on his background and, ultimately, how he arrives at his opinions and commentary.

Given my outspoken nature and the fact that I pull no punches, there are many sentiments which I receive, some complimentary, some disagreeable, others vitriolic and some absolutely unprintable.

Yes, he’s the Bulletin columnist who’s just so popular he needs to introduce himself well after his column began running! (Introduction columns are usually pretty horrid to begin with, but usually columnists have the common courtesy to get it out of the way first.)

More comments of an outspoken nature after the jump.

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