Simmons feature

Seriously?

I think it worked out OK for him.

 

He could write what he wanted, at whatever length he wanted, and tap into a readership that newspapers would not cater to.

 

That's a shockingly one-sided, bad profile. Mahler should be disappointed in his work. Or his bosses should be disappointed for him.

It fits a lot of "celebrity" profiles that don't fall within the political/business realm, of course.

 

Aww. Keep banging out those volleyball briefs and minor-league arena football gamers and one day, years from now, if you work really super hard, you won't be laid off and you'll get that precious column. Good luck. [/violin]

 

Boy, the backbiting on this thread makes me kind of happy I'm out of newspapers. BTW, it would serve Bill better if he just said, "daily newspapering was not for me, I went my own way and it worked out great" instead of whining about old grievances. Nobody much likes a sore winner.

 

Many are quite good . . . but not all of them.