* BLANK

Taking a page from Robert J. Lurtsema's career (see May 17 post), I have nothing to say about the news or the world today: It all seems all too familiar-----Greed, selfishness, suffering, self-absorbtion, self- justification, self-absolution, somewhat mitigated in minor keys by a few human interest triumphs here and there.


Some days it would profit The New York Times to leave its editorial page blank too.