Luxury of the Day: Newspaper Subscription

Filed in archive News , Quick introduction on November 27, 2009

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What's your favorite newspaper subscription?

It seems like the world is full of newspapers worth reading: the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post. Of course, within the US there's a much longer list of papers that serve major cities but don't really have an international reputation or focus - like the Atlanta Journal Constitution or the Detroit Free Press. And then there's the innumerable smaller, local papers...

I haven't even touched the international scene. Ever considered a subscription to Le Monde or Der Spiegel?

I know the Internet is filled with free editions of major newspapers. But they're not the complete paper, usually. And there's something different about holding newsprint in your hands. The experience of having a real paper is kind of a luxury in this day and age. It frees me from the wires. I can read it in the park. To me, it's just worth the costs involved...