Speaking of Hollinger, I moved from Chicago to New York about a year ago and recall the important presence of David Radler in the City of Two Newspapers. (Wolff refers to the Chicago Sun Times and the #2 paper in the city-- it is a local staid sort of gossip rag with comfortable columnists whom everyone knows like brethren. No surprises here!)

Radler as I observed became cozy with City Hall in that Municipal Monarchy and one frequently saw his name in the political appointment books of aldermen and other operatives; he was a sort of roving ambassador for Black just stopping short of kissing babies. Small Town USA.