I refused to pay for TimesSelect--and I couldn't read David Brooks or Stanley Fish as a result. But soon that will change.

I was surprised that NYT would decide to put important topical content behind a subscription wall at precisely the moment that it was becoming clear that anyone who wants to be a player in our rapidfire online public sphere needs to be offering free access. And I'm delighted to find out that a bad decision looks like it's about to be reversed. In the fine print: the WSJ may be freeing up its content, too. It's about time!!