Monthly Statement:
May 2006
New York Times headlines
1st Deadline Passes Without Accord in Darfur Talks
2nd Immigrants Take to U.S. Streets in Show of Strength
3rd Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South
4th Moussaoui Given Life Term by Jury over Link to 9/11
5th Memorial’s Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion
6th Director of C.I.A. Is Stepping Down Under Pressure
7th Exit of Spy Cief Viewed as Move to Revamp C.I.A.
8th G.O.P. Lawmakers Fault a Top Pick to Lead the C.I.A.
9th Optimistic, Democrats Debate the Party’s Vision
10th Poll Gives Bush Worst Marks Yet on Major Issues
11th Putin Urges Plan to Reverse Slide in the Birthrate
12th Senate Approves 2-year Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
13th Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor
14th Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping
15th Plan to Deploy Guard at Border Worries Mexico
16th U.S. Will Restore Diplomatic Links with the Libyans
17th C.I.A. Making Rapid Strides for Regrowth
18th Seeking to Control Borders, Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors
19th C.I.A. Choice Says He’s Independent of the Pentagon
20th U.S. Should Close Prison in Cuba, U.N. Panel Says
21st Iraqis Form Government, with Crucial Posts Vacant
22nd Pressed by U.S., European Banks Limit Iran Deals
23rd Big Board Bids for Exchanges Across Europe
24th In Shadows, Armed Groups Propel Iraq Toward Chaos
25th Immigration Bill Backed in Senate, Setting up Clash
26th Two Enron Chiefs Are Convicted in Fraud and Conspiracy Trial
27th Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute
28th Indonesia Hit by Big Quake Near Volcano
29th Iraqis’ Accounts Link Marines to the Mass Killing of Civilians
30th Anti-U.S. Rioting Erupts in Kabul; at Least 14 Dead
31st Bush Nominates Wall Street Chief for Treasury Job

Process: I subscribe to the New York Times and read it daily. The only unusual aspect of my interactions with the Times is in what happens after it has been read. It is never thrown away - each paper is kept, in its entirety, until the end of the month when the full month's newspapers are shredded, baled, and labeled.