Miller canned
Oh, sorry, chose to retire entirely voluntarily, only coincidentally after a multi-week settlement process, reports the NY Times in yet another article about itself. This is a big deal, union rules make it tougher to fire a NYT reporter than a tenured faculty member. I like the coy way the article reprints the suggestions and denials of an improper relationship between Miller and Scooter Libby, just so that clued-out readers can know the real reason she’s gone. So it turns out that she’s not untouchable, but now we know why she was protecting someone who was oh so much more than just a source.
With respect to that relationship, Susie Bright reprints some of Scooter’s purple correspondance with Ms. Miller, along with gentle suggestions for improving his next erotic novel. It’s sometimes said that everyone has a novel inside them, the real key is figuring out how to keep it in there, and not let it escape into the wild.