Ripon's 50th a Time to Reflect -Cagle

"I'm a little dubious of the term 'information scarcity,' as if there was ever a time when people did not have loads of news and gossip coming their way. Back in the stagecoach era, when we all lived in close-knit, walkable communities (no need for terms like "new urbanist" back then), news and views flowed over fences and across tables, out of taverns and churches and docks.