We Sent Ralph Nader Some of Our Favorite Pens. He Dismissed Them All.
4 May 2024 at 11:17
Ralph Nader is loyal to one pen: the Papermate Flair. But Nader claims that the pens are drying out quicker then they used to. He reached out to Wirecutter (a NYT property) and they investigated.
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"For years I've been using felt pens, mostly red and black but sometimes purple, to mark up The New York Times," Nader told me in a phone interview last year. "I go through every page of the Times, and I mark up different articles and send them to different people. And I do that with The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal." (I am aware that once I click "Post" I cede control of this article, but if this could become a fun conversation about pens and not the umpteenth rehash of past presidential campaigns, I'd love it.)
"For years I've been using felt pens, mostly red and black but sometimes purple, to mark up The New York Times," Nader told me in a phone interview last year. "I go through every page of the Times, and I mark up different articles and send them to different people. And I do that with The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal." (I am aware that once I click "Post" I cede control of this article, but if this could become a fun conversation about pens and not the umpteenth rehash of past presidential campaigns, I'd love it.)