I am on a verge of cancelling my strib subscription

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As it is, most of the stories are syndicated from the WaPo and the NYT and others.

Local stories are mostly about murder and robbery and killing while texting and driving - with only a slap on the wrist.

Other local stories are detailed on local news shows.

And we don't care about sports.

But this week, apparently, Steve Sack is on vacation so all the political cartoons are by rabid right wingers. Ramirez and Dana Summers. Can't they find someone neutral, who do not trash "the left" and, of course, the Clinton on every cartoon?

Not to mention D.J. Tice, the commentary editor, of all places, who no longer just offer his "column right" on a Sunday but really is getting nasty. A few weeks ago he developed his whole column trashing Al Franken as a "pornographer."

I have been subscribing because we are used to have a newspaper when we first are up, with our coffee, when we now have time to leisurely pursue both. However I've considered it also a contribution to the community.

Interestingly, earlier in the week, when the first Dana Summers appeared, many posted angry comments on the strib site (comments that have to be approved before posted). And one had a letter published the next day, even though another nasty cartoon was published in the same issue.