New York Times

A terrible storm is brewing—a bubble, if you will—in a territory uncomfortably close to our allies. Our open society is at stake if we do not rise to address the threat of the property bubble enveloping Manhattanville.

On Sept. 19, the New York Times finally announced the end of its subscription-based Web component, TimesSelect, which had formerly charged readers for access to its opinion articles and much of its archives. As a Times marketing site proclaims, “Now everyone is entitled to our opinions.”