The Times has gone steeply downhill the last few years. It's hard to balance cost, profits, and quality - the coverage of local issues in particular is weirdly

The Times has gone steeply downhill the last few years. It's hard to balance cost, profits, and quality - the coverage of local issues in particular is weirdly off. Sometimes it can feel like someone in Oregon describing my neighborhood: it's not wrong or mean, it's just not "local"