How timely. I recently bit the bullet and ended a 30-year love-hate relationship with the Times. I was raised on the Times, and the parting was long in coming. The person I spoke with wanted to know exactly why I was terminating my subscription and I told her. She said she would relay my comments to management (yeah, right). She also offered to drastically lower my rate, but I would have none of it. The whole ritual felt like pulling the plug on a family member who had been brain-dead for a long time.

Jonathan--

I canceled my subscription to the Times over two years ago and I still get dead-tree communications imploring me to resubscribe-- even after I told one of their subscription people over the phone that I wouldn't abuse my cats by lining their litter boxes with the Times. They're like pushers who can't believe anyone would refuse their dope (bad pun intended).

Nice to see the head rebuilding was successful.