In the pandemic, I acquired some new electronic subscriptions. Prior to that, I wanted to obtain two periodicals as a semi-annual initiative, one Jewish, one Mental. Thus began subscriptions to The Forward and The Atlantic. Both are on auto-renewal. The Atlantic writing has been superb, The Forward more spotty, but good choices each. I even contribute my own comments periodically to The Forward with responses from their editor or journalists.
The Pandemic also brought a few enticing electronic subscriptions. I purchased the computer version of Curiosity Stream for a bargain price the first year, slightly higher at auto-renewal but still a good value, though watched less. And Bari Weiss, NY Times defector, author of a very fine work on anti-Semitism, attracted me with her Substack site, initially titled Common Sense, then renamed to Free Press. It was also on auto-renew, not really a bargain. Several months ago I took it off auto-renew. This subscription expires in a few days. While it has a few hundred thousand subscribers, enough to hire staff, I find it too much of an echo chamber. Basically they created a pinata of Progressive ideology and invited readers to poke it with their verbal sticks. A soapbox for the illiberal. Not for me.
That leaves me with $50 to subscribe to something else. Maybe I will, maybe not.
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