Groklaw announced its own termination as a blog, another light going out following Lavabit and others. I can't speak for Lavabit, which I never used because I never thought that my banal communications needed hiding. Only occasionally I read Groklaw, but from my limited use its existence was proof that the web is not just for porno, lightweight thinking and Facebook chatter. It was insightful and interesting, in its own way as TED conferences are. It made me think.
In its closing post it made me think, a lot. I could feel the pain of its author Pamela Jones, her bewilderment at what we have become as a nation and where we are going, how we are losing our basic right to be left alone, the psychological independence of solitude.
