Last summer, when the Times raised its price to $1.25 I cancelled my subscription. I was willing to be misinformed for $1, but I considered $1.25 extortionate. The truth is I should have cancelled it many years ago. At one point, for example, I felt compelled to go to a book party because the Times reviewer had labeled the author, whom I knew somewhat and liked a lot, an anti-semite, which could not have been farther from the truth. I do not like book parties but I felt obligated to give him my support. I explained this to one of the other guests, who said his wife was in politics. Every morning when she read the paper she would get angry over their lack of knowledge. Any area you know something about you see what their deficiencies are. Happily, this is now becoming clear to a larger part of the population.
