I did it. I cancelled my subscription to The New York Times. Why did it take so long? Much of its journalism is excellent. Many people I respect write for them. I myself have written for them, on and off but steadily, for decades, and have always been proud to appear there. There’s no publication I have read for as long. I loved so much of what I’ve read in the Times. Even when I hated it, I hated passionately, the way you can only hate someone who is close to your heart.