Despite the paywall, the New York Times still has me hooked. I read this article on the CIA's involvement in Libya earlier this evening, along with this editorial that brought into focus the misplaced priorities of the Fed in regulating banks. I'm probably going to hit the 20-article threshold pretty soon at this rate, meaning I will have to pay to access their content online. As I said before, I'm not thrilled at the prospect of paying for online content, but I probably will.
The reason I keep going to the Times is that they really do have stories no one else does, and they offer perspective in their editorials and columns that helps shape my opinions primarily through reasoned arguments and facts, rather than a strict adherence to some liberal ideology. One of the columns I read most frequently is David Brooks', and he is a moderate conservative, not a liberal.
Not that being a liberal is a bad thing. Here's an editorial by an unabashed liberal on the state of things in Nevada that ought to wake people up to what's really going on in our state. It really is incredible that education is about to get kicked in the teeth in this state, in the middle of a down economy that ought to be a wake-up call in which the state learns to invest in growing the economy from within, all because of a "no new taxes" mantra that's going on 9 years old and shows no sign of weakening. The editorial explains that Nevada's legislators need to be scared into doing the right thing, because they aren't showing the will to lead us in the right direction. It makes me want to write my legislator an email or do something to end the massive problems with our politics.
On the bright side, I did see this article a few days back about a protest in Carson City that brought record numbers of students to the state capitol building. I hope this really is the beginning of a movement, not just a one-time deal, as one of the organizers says at the end.
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