BullJustin writes in to alert us to the news that the Department of Homeland Security is cutting subscriptions to paper newspapers and magazines, cutting $47,160 from the budget over the next two years. Of course, for Homeland Security that’s a tiny drop in the bucket (hell, it’s not even that big). But, the writeup (somewhat tongue in cheek) suggests that this is unfair to newspapers who are “hurting enough financially” already. Of course, on the flip side, I’d think most people agree that not wasting taxpayer money on content that people are probably reading for free online anyway, is a good thing…

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