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mahatmakanejeeves

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7. Oh, it's time to run this again. Thanks for reminding me.
Sat May 6, 2023, 04:52 PM
May 2023

I post this every now and then. It's time for a rerun.

Note that nobody is getting something for nothing. You aren't pulling a fast one on the Washington Post.

You pay taxes that support your public library. The library pays the databases for access. The databases pay the newspapers for inclusion in the databases. The newspapers pay their employees. No one is cheated along the way.

Sun Feb 13, 2022: link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/125619678|How to get around the paywall at national newspapers]

Because the Washington Post, like the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal., is a national newspaper, it is almost certainly available on your public library's database. As in, available for free, with no paywall.

You don't have to go to the library. Since you're reading this, you have access to a computer. Log into your account at the library and find the database of newspapers. The Post will be there. Ask your librarian for help if you need it.

{edited to add} The library doesn't have to be open. Its website is running 24/7, so you can log in at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning to read the newspaper.

Articles in the Cody, Wyoming, Enterprise, the Fairhope, Alabama, Times, or the Kodiak, Alaska, Daily Mirror might be just a bit harder to find.

I'll keep posting this as many times as I have to.

* Free, in the sense that you pay for it with your taxes. That kind of free.

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