Points to ponder . All are then immediately guided towards this beacon, and these wandering minds, which had long sought each other in darkness, at length meet and unite. The newspaper brought them together, and the newspaper is still necessary to keep them united. It's a point of view, an attitude, a set of values that informs what you do day in and day out.
News is the oxygen of a self-governing society.
It's not enough to just lay out the wickedness of the world. It is the locally owned factory, the small businessman who personally deals with his customers and stands behind his product, the farm and consumer cooperative, the town or neighborhood . . . It is this activity on a small, human scale that creates the fabric of community, a framework for the creation of abundance and liberty. The human scale nurtures standards of right behavior, a prevailing ethic of what is right and what is wrong, acceptable and unacceptable. Power is the capacity to act publicly and effectively, to bring about positive change, to build hope . . .