Paul Mitchinson is a part-time writer and a full-time father of two. He writes when he can. » more about me
The Toronto Star has been doing a fine job of self-parody recently. Today's story, on the horrific terrorist attacks in India, is, well, absolutely breathtaking in its solipsism:
I'm hardly the first to notice that public libraries throughout North America have become increasingly hostile to books. It seems at times that libraries are deliberately designed to prevent, rather than foster, the act of reading. High school kids shoot the breeze while doing "homework," mothers and nannies exchange gossip over a cup of Starbucks, [...]