Departing the New York Times
As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer at the New York Times—a job I had done for 25 years. Despite the encomiums issued by the Times, it was not a happy departure. If you check out my Substack, you will see that I have by no means run out of energy or topics to write about. But from my perspective, …
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5 months ago · 2525 likes · 170 comments · Paul Krugman
I was a NY Times subscriber for a few years more than you were an opinion writer there. I canceled my subscription last summer, finally too disgusted by the paper's editorial decisions to continue.
Mr Krugman, you were one of my favourite NYT columnists and I was saddened when you left, but considered it overall a good thing as I had found your columns had become a bit drab. Now I know why. Delighted to have found you on here :)