I don’t despise Sarah Palin.

It has been mentioned, more than once, that critics of the former vice presidential candidate and present Alaskan governor despise her, loathe, hate, abhor her. The right wing radio loves to make her a victim. In fact, I think that she just suffers from delusions of adequacy.

When she is not making headlines, I give her little thought. I am more concerned that someone of such limited capabilities could be given serious consideration to be President of the Unit...

In recent months, increasingly more people are saying that they no longer read the daily newspapers, including the New York Times. They are gaining their news or information from the internet and television. The rationalization is that they “don’t have time” to sit down and read a newspaper.

This is of great concern because this is not an isolated sentiment and is in evidence in the apparent thinness of several editions of the New York Times. Because advertisers have dramatically shift...