“Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe.”\u00a0 Thomas Berry<\/p>\n
I knew there was some reason I liked gardening.<\/p>\n
My father edited a small-town daily for a long time.\u00a0 It, like many of its kind, disappeared after the Canadian newsprint crisis in the early 1970’s.\u00a0 I know what it means to lose a newspaper, for the jobs associated with it to leave town.<\/p>\n
Citizens have much less information about government and business, the particular governments and businesses that affect their daily lives.\u00a0 This lack of information makes democracy much more difficult.\u00a0 It allows those who would abuse and misuse the public trust less likely to get caught.<\/p>\n
I’m for any form of organization that meets the challenge, though I have reservations about L3C status, not for the Strib, but for the probability of its misuse.<\/p>\n
I’d jettison the presses and the rolls of newsprint, phase out the circulation staff and go strictly online.\u00a0 I’d charge for this service in a way that reflected those saved costs.<\/p>\n
Disintermediation is only a problem if you’re not taking advantage of it yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe.”\u00a0 Thomas Berry I knew there was some reason I liked gardening. My father edited a small-town daily for a long time.\u00a0 It, like many of its kind, disappeared after the Canadian newsprint crisis in the early 1970’s.\u00a0 I know what it means to … Continue reading More on Newspapers<\/span>