tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post9286746102234721..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: Blinding speedJDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-36165715340285713962009-06-15T12:27:21.935-04:002009-06-15T12:27:21.935-04:00I find that there's really been only two Great...I find that there's really been only two Great Leaps Forward in news-time.<br /><br />The first, which is fascinating to watch if you do newspaper research over the middle decades of the nineteenth century, came with the advent of the telegraph, and especially the Trans-Atlantic cables. You go from the "Latest from Europe" column, which had months-old news from packetboats out of WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.com