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The New York Times is downright schizophrenic. On the one hand, they've put their most popular columnists behind a TimesSelect firewall, forcing online readers to pay up or forego daily doses of Maureen Dowd, Thomas Friedman and Bob Herbert.

On the other hand, they're linking to free, staff-written food & wine blogs. Their ponderous restaurant critic, Frank Bruni, has been chruning out for about a month now. There's a promise of livelier writing from wine critic Eric Asimov's whose blog, The Pour launched earlier today.

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Asimov promises to avoid the ritualized shorthand of tasting notes and concentrate instead on the pleasures of wine. Can't wait. Meantime, check out his links: online editions of Spectator and Parker are there, to be sure, along with some really idiosyncratic blogs. It's like being turned loose in a friend's wine cellar and finding all sorts of great bottles.

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That should be "Asimov", not "asomov" under the graphics.

Thanks, "Mibe." What would I do without my cohort of volunteer proofreaders? Fixing right away.

Someone would actually pay to read Maureen Dowd's diatribe?

Faithful reader Morgy raises an interesting point. True, not many are paying $$ to read MoDo, but I suspect it has more to do with TimesSelect than her politics. Broad palate of flavors out there, from pert, perky NZ sauv blanc (Wonkette?) to over-the-top, alcoholic CA zin (Rush?). You no like, you no have to drink, read or listen ...

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