Navel Gazing

Final Thought: …your journey to the dark side is now complete

It was less than a year ago that Facebook pulled the plug on Canadian news. You might recall, as at the time I offered a...

Final Thought: a matter of scale

Consider the humble electron. An electron, for those of you who have never met one in real life, is one of the fundamental particles of...

Final Thought: arbiters of society

Free speech is not free if the only voices allowed are the ones you agree with. I was thinking about this last week, as I...

Final Thought: on power outages and lost editorials

I had this great editorial written. Well, mostly written. Then the power dropped out (not just once but twice) mid-production and I lost the original...

Final Thought: Dear Council

I’m trying real hard right now. I’m trying real hard right now to want to continue on as a volunteer in this town, but it’s...

Final Thought: first steps

The first step is always the hardest. Sure, the second step is no bowl of peaches. Maybe with a bit of sugar and heavy cream....

Final Thought: Pink Elephants

What are you thinking about right now? I mean, there’s a better than average chance you’re wondering about pink elephants. Don’t think about pink elephants. No, seriously....

Final Thought: First. Time. Ever.

Today is a special day. Not today the day I’m writing this. It is a special day, I suppose, as I am writing these words...

Final Thought: morphing media

The slow and inexorable march towards the death of local news continues, but this time, it isn’t newspapers on the chopping block. No, this time,...

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