I was thinking today about how much benefit I get from the New York Times, my favorite newspaper. I just got another one of those NPR renewal letters in the mail, and I figured I might as well give to the Times while I’m at it. Then I remembered that the New York Times Co. is a for-profit corporation, and they don’t do membership drives. The only way to give ’em money seems to be to subscribe, but I have no interest in the dead tree version of their product.