We would we have shut down on Saturday save for the intervention of Federal District Judge Alan Kay. I saved this spot to write about my mentor, Riley H. Allen, our editor from the time the old Bulletin and Star were merged in 1912 until 1960. Riley will be happy to wait.
People talk in hushed tones.
The old chatter and occasional shouts are muted. Our people aren't dying, of course, but their paper was. Their security remains threatened. Even so, the old chatter and occasional shouts have returned. The city room is vibrant again.