I completely agree. The writer makes a big leap equating a dubious "natural monopoly" idea to public support. Is his argument only valid in a small town? New

I completely agree. The writer makes a big leap equating a dubious "natural monopoly" idea to public support. Is his argument only valid in a small town? Newspapers started their economic decline well before the Internet. And television, which gave newspapers something called COMPETITION, is the reason. Now, television is not going to do the job of a great newspaper. But a great newspaper doesn't do the job of a great library. Or a great interconnected electronic mesh of information we all seem to be getting easy access to these days. Newspapers are nothing special. If people want it, it will be there when then the dust settles.