Even the New York Times is letting this very Catholic, accomplished author and doyenne of blogdom be heard on the ever-more controversial subject of admitting homosexuals to Catholic seminaries. Characteristically, her brief Op-Ed piece is impassioned yet wise, principled yet balanced. I welcome it all the more because, as a dedicated wife and mother, she doesn't elicit the charges of denial-based homophobia that orthodox Catholic men often face when saying the same things.Amy just can't be Bulverized. Right on, sister!
While I would very much like to read Ms. Welborn's Op-Ed piece, I'm afraid that I am unwilling to spend the three dollars and some odd cents to "purchase" the article from the Times.
ReplyDeleteI suppose that newspapers, professional journals, and multimedia people are cashing in to the Internet, and attempting to charge all that the market can bear.
Nonetheless, I think it both inequitable and imprudent for the Times to charge more for a simple 700 or so word editorial than it costs to buy the Sunday edition of the New York Times, just as I believe it is so for professional journals to charge as much for access to individual journal articles as it costs for a subscription for a year.
Ah, well.