Person of the Year-Patch Editors Weigh in With Picks
In this edition of Patch editors look back, we're giving our selections for Person of the Year.
As we enter 2012, Patch editors are looking back at 2011. In this installation, we weigh in on the "People of the Year." Jeremie Smith, Medfield Patch Editor-SEAL Team 6. This unit of military specialists accomplished its counter-terrorism mission in Pakistan in May when it successfully killed Osama bin Laden. The successful mission was celebrated throughout the country and SEAL Team 6 quickly became anonymous heroes. These men, in my opinion, are the Persons of the Year. For more on SEAL Team 6, click here to read TIME Magazine’s blurb on Person of the Year candidates. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2098471_2098472_2098501,00.html Kelly Mello, Norton Patch Editor- Kalle Lasn for his role in Occupy Wall Street. …
Dick Armour
9:34 am on Monday, January 2, 2012
Well, good choices all around, guys and girls! But you may have noticed (To update Henry David Thoreau) that today we live in a world of endless distractions and pathetically little contemplative direction. One heck of a price for those 15 minutes of fame. My guess for "person of the year" would be the unrecognizable and anonymous one who did something for someone else that was barely noticed, … more ›