Here is the lead from the recent story in the New York Review of Books by Russell Baker: “The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. It has lost […]

Winnepeg has a population of nearly 600,000, of which 413,513 residents have library cards. Traffic at the city’s Millenium Hub has increased 50 percent in just the past year, reaching 1.5 million visitors. Winnepegers can’t get enough. Why? According to Winnepeg blogger Morley Walker, in […]

Beth Webb has a good bolg entry at The Guardian considering the pros and cons of publishing. She asks, “Why bother to go through all the heartache and hassle of fighting to get your precious memories or thoughts into mainstream publication? Your own PC, printer […]