It looks like the New York Times is making the first small steps in the transition to an "online" publication.I tried to access Maureen Dowd's OpEd piece defending Joe Biden on the New York Times website and got the following:
This One’s for You, Joe - By MAUREEN DOWD Published: February 7, 2007
I feel compelled, now that Joe Biden has slipped on yet another presidential banana peel, to lend him a hand.
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Huh? Apparently, I'd have to sign up AND PAY for a New York Times web subscription to read her columns (as if that was going to happen).
The last columnist in the world I would PAY to read is Maureen Dowd. She's a cross between Jonathon Alter and Norma Desmond.
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