Strangely, there was no problem. They have trod a little more lightly around me in terms of corporate strategy. Reason's new Sentinel is expected to hit Orlando's streets about the same time his new Sun-Times will. A little later, the Chicago Tribune will introduce its own redesign, which it's being very secretive about, though the paper's writers don't mind saying that narrower pages will leave them with less room to speak their piece. Reason has taken a generous view of his opportunity to set the Sun-Times right.
True beauty is never skin-deep.
Legendary Failures P aleontologist Stephen Jay Gould weighs in this month on the Vietnam war. No, sorry, he doesn't. The recent flurry of reminiscences on the fall of Saigon distracted me. Gould's worthy concern is the tragedy of Bill Buckner. It's turned a lame first baseman who booted a ground ball into the agent of destiny who surrendered the 1986 World Series.