We all follow certain rituals. Starting off my day, I like to have a cup of tea, toast with apricot jam and the newspaper open on the table in front of me. We subscribe to Canada's largest newspaper - The Toronto Star (http://www.thestar.com/).
It's an old established paper, people like Hemmingway (yes, the Hemmingway) were reporters for it once upon a time. Later, it adopted a liberalist stance; it espoused causes of immigrants coming into the country and developed a healthy social conscience under Atkinson.
I like to read it because it gives me a wide coverage of what's happening in the province, the country and internationally. They also do many human interest stories, stories of troubled immigrants, quirky takes on life and such. So it provides an interesting link to the outside world.
The other newspapers that are available here can't compete with Star. Elistist groups may prefer 'Globe and Mail', and I have tried it, but something, maybe sheer comfort level, keeps me a loyal Star subscriber.
Which makes me think, so much of our lives are ruled by habits. Many years ago, my grandfather, a doctor in India, used to tell me sagely, "A habit is pretty hard to get rid of - if you take away the 'h', 'a bit' remains. If you take away 'a', 'bit' remains, and if you take away the 'b', 'it' remains!
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