Snails, amongt other things...

As I went on my nightly walk to the museum district, I stepped on several snails, which always makes me sad to think about because we as large, lubering creatures, often step on other living things as we go about our merry way through life, often times without even a clue that we've just snuffed out an irreplacable life.

But that's not what this post is about. Because unlike those snails I accidentally smushed under my Chuck Taylors, snail mail is a very live and thriving thing, which is good for small independent news publications.

Sorta.

Because your government (yes, yours!) wants to give breaks on postage to large media corporations, but leave smaller, independent news sources out in the cold. This could be a good thing if all you ever read is the Wall Street Journal, but for those of you who enjoy, you know, variety, this could be a problem. Tax breaks for larger media companies means an easier time distributing information, but only for LARGER MEDIA COMPANIES. You should look into it a bit more, and take action. Journalism works for us, dammit.

Now, a moment of silence for the snails...