Which Reminds Me

Yes, that was sad when Steve Richey, my editor at the time, was fired, because he had written a one-word headline in huge letters, "Whitewashed," topping a story about the usual city politics, and the city insiders were complaining about his overly dramatic yellow journalism. There were some nice things about Steve but he let himself get too emotionally wrapped up in the drama of things, or better to say that he talked out of both sides of his mouth. And don't we all, but unfortunately sometimes when you belonged to that cliquey of activists they were getting rid of at the time, any mistake would be enough for their purposes.