No community is an island. The larger world finds its ways to intrude, from Middle East instability driving up gas prices, to presidential elections that will impact the economy and schools, there is more to the world than our home town.
And we all have an opinion about the world around us.
When we say "The Batavian -- Online News. Community Views." The community views part isn't just about what you think about events in Genesee County; it's about what you, as people concerned with and involved in your local community think about all of those issues beyond parochial borders.
In such a spirit, we've expanded the range of headline links in the right column.
We've also added a "Nation & World" tab to the top navigation. This is where you can post blog items about national, international and political issues you want to talk about. I've started the conversation with a blog post about my dislike for political parties.
When you want to start a conversation with a new blog post, go to "Create Content" in the left column, then select "Blog Entry" and then select "Nation" or "World." If you make that selection, when you save your post, it will appear under the Nation & World tab for all readers of The Batavian to find.
Also, if you're really into nation and world news. there's another way you can contribute to The Batavian -- and that's by adding headlines to the blocks on the right side of the page.
It would be easy for us to set up some automated system to add headlines from major news sources around the globe, but that's so impersonal. We're not a fan of automation when it comes to human communication. We think that Batavians suggesting to other Batavians what might be interesting to read is far more useful than what some computer program might suggest.
If you would like to contribute "suggested reading" to the headline buckets, send me an e-mail (howard at the batavian dot com) and I'll provide instructions and the necessary permissions to make such a contribution to the site.
