I think I would pay a certain amount for daily delivery of my favorite blogs: BC, wattsupwiththat for the climate wars, wunderground for local weather and hurricane season, drsanity and neoneocon, and some others. For news? *cricket chirping* I would pay for a “just the facts” news feed. I can determine my own opinion without editors or suits.

I wouldn’t want to have to pay more to read the comments. I learn so much from the commentors here and at wattsupwiththat, it’s almost like going back to school with no calculus required. I would find it quite a loss to miss the thoughts of (in no order) L3, habu, RAH, twobyfour, Alexis … I can’t name them all. For the same reason I would hate for commentors to be charged, lest I lose some good stuff. At a blog like this one, the owner should be able to designate certain commentors as essential accessories before the fact, so to speak.

I would also pay for transcripts of interviews, which my system displays in stutter-step fashion. There is an interview right now on PJTV I just don’t have the time to listen to. RWE (who also goes on my list) is right about sites with ads — some are just not worth it.

The only traditional pundit I would pay to read is George Will, on those rare occasions he rights about baseball and especially the agony of being a Cubs fan. There’s a lot a Rangers fan can learn from those.