Comment – November 2025

Despite the major inconvenience of hand-delivering 4,000papers last month, there was an upside: the paper benefited from the support of community members across the age spectrum who stepped up to help . Fortunately the weather was lovely, so volunteers delivering in town or driving through the municipality did not have… Continue reading

Comment – September 2025

Delegating the Thinking Part As the school season begins, teachers are developing assignments to assess the learning of students in their classrooms. The arrival of AI threatens some of the more traditional assessment techniques. Are AI tools such as ChatGPT simply another addition to the toolkit, much like calculators and… Continue reading

COMMENT – February 2025 – Local Community Newspapers Live Another Day

It’s been a tough few months for community newspapers. In November the postal strike created a logistical delivery challenge.  Some small papers opted to publish only on their website, while others like this one, opted to deliver a printed product.  I owe a debt of gratitude to the energetic and… Continue reading

COMMENT – December 2024

It’s getting uglier out there.  These days people are circling the wagons to protect themselves against ominous threats.  Across the globe we see tightening immigration, new tariffs, widening gaps between rich and poor and inconceivable suffering over arguments about whether nations can even exist.  Stand offs of “us” against “them”… Continue reading