Writing for a newspaper is foolproof. The beauty of writing for a newspaper is that looks like it's succeeding just because the space has been filled, even if it's filled with drivel. If an edition of the newspaper doesn't sell well then no one is going to blame a columnist. In television parlance its ratings-proof. Its equivalent on the box would be hosting the Tattslotto draw.
Newspapers have the ultimate defence for poor sales.
If massive acts of God such as floods and fires can be splashed across the front of the paper then the absence of same can be blamed for a drop in circulation. The deity is a slacker. Chances are that a column doesn't even get read by a large proportion of the readers. God knows I tried with Ms Razer. In the end it became an exercise in reading the first paragraph to see how long I could stand it.