Originally written February 16, 2006 Newspapers leave little room for the whole story. After all, news is “information about hitherto unknown events and happenings”. Opinions, thoughts, reflections and the like have no room in “news stories.” It’s neither what you’re after, nor is it what journalists are trained to deliver. We go out, gather the […]
Originally written in 2006 The first article I ever published was entitled Is Progress Now the Only Value? It was printed in the Hamilton Spectator in 1986, following the first space shuttle tragedy. I wonder, 20 years later, if anything’s changed. The dictionary defines progress as the advancement toward a higher or better stage. It […]