Do You Read The Paper?

Roy Clark has a column suggesting it's our duty to read the print version of the newspaper. Lots of folks are arguing about it, some suggesting its a dated model of distributing information.



Okay.



I read the papers. I am 29.



It started in college. I liked the feel of a paper under my arm. I liked carrying the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to class, like it said something about who I was. Literate. Concerned. Whatever. Tom Wolfe has talked about this.



Now I like walking to the end of the driveway for my daily touching of the wood. I start the coffee, fix Asher a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, head for the paper. I'm always surprised to see how many people around us have papers in their…