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To actually read the text: https://archive.is/EwSWT https://archive.is/EwSWT

by readflaggedcomm 5y ago

ColinWright 5y ago
Or use lynx.
joshxyz 5y ago
Man, imagine writing a memoir, pouring your heart and life into it. Then it's behind a goddamn paywall, lol.
- graeme 5y ago
  It wasn’t paywalled for me. I just had to click “read full article” to expand it
  - bavila 5y ago
    They must have just taken down the paywall within the past 30 minutes. It was still paywalled at that time when I checked.
    - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
      The first time I loaded it, a "Please subscribe" popup came. I could click cancel, but underneath the banner picture there was just links to other articles. After coming here looking for the archive.is link, reloading the article fixed it. I was ready to make the snarky comment "This is what I want to say: Pay $1 for 6 months subscription!"...
- pineconebutt 5y ago
  As a newspaper man, I imagine he would prefer that people support the newspaper.
arriu 5y ago
Why the down votes? Not everyone on this site has an active subscription and clearly the a author wants his message read. I'm really curious, please respond.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  >clearly the a author wants his message read More likely the author wants to be paid for his work. If he wanted to offer it for free there are plenty of alternative platforms to publish on.
  - readflaggedcomm 5y ago
    I saw no requests for payment, i only saw a headline without a story. I have no patience to assume why a web site is broken.
    - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
      >I saw no requests for payment It was published in the Boston Globe, a commercial organisation. I think it's a reasonable conclusion that the author gets paid for their work. He has been at the paper at least since 1979 according to the article.
      - readflaggedcomm 5y ago
        It's not reasonable to conclude that going out of my way to pay money will make a page suddenly populate with a story. If there's no offer for more content, I don't assume it's there.

To actually read the text: https://archive.is/EwSWT https://archive.is/EwSWT

ColinWright 5y ago

Or use lynx.

joshxyz 5y ago

Man, imagine writing a memoir, pouring your heart and life into it. Then it's behind a goddamn paywall, lol.

graeme 5y ago
It wasn’t paywalled for me. I just had to click “read full article” to expand it
- bavila 5y ago
  They must have just taken down the paywall within the past 30 minutes. It was still paywalled at that time when I checked.
  - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
    The first time I loaded it, a "Please subscribe" popup came. I could click cancel, but underneath the banner picture there was just links to other articles. After coming here looking for the archive.is link, reloading the article fixed it. I was ready to make the snarky comment "This is what I want to say: Pay $1 for 6 months subscription!"...
pineconebutt 5y ago
As a newspaper man, I imagine he would prefer that people support the newspaper.

arriu 5y ago

Why the down votes? Not everyone on this site has an active subscription and clearly the a author wants his message read. I'm really curious, please respond.

tonyedgecombe 5y ago
>clearly the a author wants his message read More likely the author wants to be paid for his work. If he wanted to offer it for free there are plenty of alternative platforms to publish on.
- readflaggedcomm 5y ago
  I saw no requests for payment, i only saw a headline without a story. I have no patience to assume why a web site is broken.
  - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    >I saw no requests for payment It was published in the Boston Globe, a commercial organisation. I think it's a reasonable conclusion that the author gets paid for their work. He has been at the paper at least since 1979 according to the article.
    - readflaggedcomm 5y ago
      It's not reasonable to conclude that going out of my way to pay money will make a page suddenly populate with a story. If there's no offer for more content, I don't assume it's there.