Why We Will Pay for the Digital NY Times
Posts on As Our Parent Age sometimes recommend or feature links to New York Times articles. For complicated topics, articles from the Times as well as other newspapers may provide background or additional information, adding texture to a post (as do other newspaper stories).
It’s been many years since we’ve had a paper edition of the New York Times delivered to our house. However, we are always reading the paper. I bet we check the digital editions every few hours during the day. During crises in the world, we may even check it late at night or first thing in the morning. Like many people who have gone digital, we view the newspaper on our computers, Blackberry, iPhone, and recently using our iPad. Moreover, for much of the past 15 years, give or take the few times when the paper has tried to tweak its access in one way or another, we’ve had free access.
The New York Times, and a fair number of the other newspapers and news organizations, provide exceptional coverage of the world near and far. Unfortunately, in our “something-for-nothing world” we have somehow convinced ourselves that everything should be cheaper, if not free. Read more »
Becoming A Grown-up Child
One day in April 2007 my husband and I were the adult kids in our families — we are the only adult children
— and the next day we became what we laughingly call “real grown-ups,” helping first one, then two, and increasingly all three of our parents. It’s time to give back, and we do so willingly and happily. However the process is not easy, and it is not free from anxiety and tension. Check out the As Our Parents Age About page to learn more about the mission of this blog.
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