Mission Critical

The Future of News is the Future of Civilization

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011 — BusinessInsider recently invited the Editor of this paper to be one of a group of “thought leaders describing their vision of the future of news.” Here is his response, followed by some elaboration. (The alleged Editor of the Gazette, and Glenn Beck: together at last. Who’d a’ thunk it?) The future of news is the future of civilization. Current media practices distort the democratic process in ways that favor those who are already far too powerful, as the recent debt ceiling imbroglio amply demonstrates. Humans distracted by the newest technologies tend to overlook powerful mature technologies; low-cost web offset printing …

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Because It Worked So Well in California

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Thursday, July 21, 2011 — So, here we are, pole-axed by what is probably but a hint of summers to come, our government paralyzed by an intransigent cult elected by the least informed, most easily manipulated sector of the electorate, and some of the nation’s best minds are advocating that we break through this impasse with a National Initiative for Democracy, a “meta-legislative proposal that would allow citizens, independently of Congress and the Executive, to propose and vote on laws.” What, because Proposition 13 worked so well for California? Granted, NI4D would “outlaw the use of funds from non-natural persons (for example corporate funds) in …

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Happy May Day, America

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Sunday, May 1, 2011 — Today is May Day, and in many parts of the world people are celebrating the rights of workers. Here in America, we do things a little differently. The way things are going right now, perhaps it’s just as well — celebrating the rights of working men and women while they’re being actively subjugated would be in poor taste. Even in America, though, there is something to celebrate today: the 21st Anniversary of the reappearance of The New Hampshire Gazette in tangible form. The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper™ had last been seen in print in January of 1960. Published every Saturday, in …

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Are We Traitors?

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Monday, March 29, 2010 — We received the following message this morning as a comment on our Masthead page: “You should find something better to do than publish subversive and treasonous content. It’s not too late to seek employment that may instill in you more realistic values.” David McVearry Anderson-Colcord Descendant of Edward Colcord of 17th century New Hampshire Naturally we approved the comment immediately. There are few things we like better than a thorough airing of disagreements. Furthermore, we’ve promoted that comment into this post, because we would like to continue this conversation with Mr. Colcord. (That’s his family crest in the image at …

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