*Editor Steve Smith explains SR decision to drop New York Times columnist Randy Cohen before we began running his ethicist column as a result of his contributions to moveon.org here.

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*Huckleberries hears ... that Hagadone execs are beating the bushes for candidates to run against the incumbent trio of Ron Edinger, Al Hassell and Dixie Reid this fall. They want a ticket to take on the veterans. And they have cooled a bit on the Gookin/Souza possibility b/c that tandem has alienated too many this spring. Mebbe this is why the Brand X Brain Trust published the editorial this a.m., asking for wannabes to come out of the wood work.

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