I think the author was stretching how to write an inventive approach to what's essentially been the same article every month for months. If you hit the paywall

I think the author was stretching how to write an inventive approach to what's essentially been the same article every month for months. If you hit the paywall on NYT, but happen to have an Amazon Prime membership you can listen free to many NYT articles narrated on Audible Channels. Here is this article: http://a.co/eBxMho2 http://a.co/eBxMho2 (Disclosure: I happen to the narrator for this one, but I don't get any added compensation if you listen. )