Ben Siders responds:

I've got a tendency to believe about half of what I read, but this one is a
new
one for me. Substantiate it, please.

Jason Blair.

Racism? Maybe reverse racism. Guy was fired because he was lazy, incompetent
and not exactly up front. The only thing the NYT did wrong (other than hire him
in the first place) was keep him beyond his time.

Charlie Self

"The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating
plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants."
George W. Bush