WE JUST PASSED the anniversary of the first real US newspaper. “Publick Occurrences Both Forriegn and Domestick” (that’s how they spelled it) appeared in late September 1690. The plan was to print it once a month “or if any Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener.”
Now therein lies a mystery. How come there are exactly 22 minutes of news a day, exactly enoug…