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Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:00 AM

All the news that's fit to be birdcage liner

Newspapers have been battered by technological and economic forces, sure, but journalism has also delivered a one-two punch to its own jaw.

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  • Sunday, March 29, 2009 02:02 PM

    I subscribe to the Boston Globe

    I personally can not imagine anything more uncomfortable than not being able to recline to read a newspaper, magazine or book. sitting over a screen all day is horrid. I don't want this electronic "vibration" of the computer screen taking over my life. I want something organic.

    Besides, I wrap some garbage in it and start my wood stove all the time, not to mention using old papers for everything imaginable, like in the garden, spray painting furniture.

    T. Elizabeth

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