But I really get goose bumps in this station when I look at all the papers. I mean the big, thick German dailies … with few if any pictures on the front page. And then I look at all the racks of books. Though it’s changing, it used to be the books had no pictures on the covers. Nothing. One chose a book just for the sake of words! Words, words, words, and no pictures. According to Facts About Germany, the official government publication, 78 percent of Germans read a newspaper every day for an average of twenty-eight minutes. And while paid circulation has wafted gently down in Germany, it … Continue reading Thomas Geoghegan