i consider "the times" an important national resource, albite a dangerous one, and one the new yorkers that prefer to it simply as the paper. i'd wonder down to get the next day's edition. if i was out of town and couldn't find it, i'd get withdraw symptoms. sadly those days, that young man, and "new york times" are gone. it was considered the gold standard of american journalism, and institution was considered central to the public discourse and policy debates at the core of our democracy. and our shared civil life, yet, i don't think for this generation "the times" could be called from dwight mcdonald said it was for his generation. the principal point of contact with the real world. nor can it be seen, i think as it was once put as necessary proof of the worlds existence. a barometer of it's pressure and successor of insanity. some may not care. some may think it's relevant. i think it's more necessary than ever because much of the new media don't have the resources or talent and money that "the times" does nor the author. nor can they provide the common narrative as a nation and kn