The article points out
The Time Warner plan represents another step in the gradual reversal of the Founders' public service principles of supporting democracy through the postal service. It is the latest, largest move towards abandoning these public service priorities and permitting a system that no longer favors low-advertising, political speech -- like In These Times and The American Spectator -- over ad-heavy magazines like People and Cosmo.

Subsidizing smaller publications is also a crucial policy for keeping the Internet open and vibrant. Much of the material on the web sites people visit that covers public affairs is generated by these print publications. Much of the material bloggers address originates in these print publications.

If these publications are forced to slash their editorial budgets -- or even go out of business --to pay the massive postal rate increases brought on by the Time Warner plan, it will shrink the range and quality of material available on the Inte