WSJ Article

My grandfather is a really big newspaper lover.  He reads the Wall Street Journal cover to cover every day.  He also really enjoys finding a great piece of writing and giving it to me to read or just to talk about- the man knows a good story so I'm always excited when he hands me a paper with an article cut out or circled in pen. Today I went home to help put the top on my dad's jeep and my grandmother stopped by on her way home to MA. she brought with her an article my grampy had oh-so thoughtfully cut up for me.  It was by Mark Peters, who we skyped with last year (I think).  he had written an article about how this little theater which puts on a huge show every year is suffering and won't be able to continue the tradition.  Apparently this is an issue for a lot of small theater because they just can't keep up, or don't want to keep up, with the rising technology. This kind of reminded me a little bit about the problems and potential, facing journalists right now. We're pushing forward into the digital age but there are some (I'm included) who just love the tradition of print.  Like the theater lovers, we are the romantics who love the idea of Sunday papers with coffee, theater to see plays and musicals and books made out of real paper! However, I do recognize the fact that technology is as present in life as the next iphone prototype.  So here's what I think all us romantics need to do: we should embrace the traditions of the past while also integrating some form of technology into them for enhancement. This way, maybe, the traditions will love will not only remain but succeed in this technological age.