Free at last

Times Select, that hateful NYTimes pay-per-read firewall, is dead! As of midnight tonight, anyway, and along with it, I expect, is the Dowd Effect: the increase past a handful of hits a day whenever Lonnie posts a column here procured from his subscribing friend. OH WELL. Not a popularity contest we're running here, but if you do read, you should probably prepare for all Krugman all the time.