Turns out that the leftwing op-ed page editor there didn’t like me.

Update: I’ve gotten lots of email like this:

Jonah, I wouldn’t dwell on the Star/Trib guy too much except to notice that apparently he’s part of the deadwood that are getting buyouts. Someone should also tell him that Lileks reassignment, however asinine (and however much it will further damage that paper’s viability) is far less of an “invitation to go away” than his own buyout is. Frankly, the guy sounds like a knobby piece of work. God love him anyway, the poor sucker is probably compensating. What a choice for an interview about the future of the paper too…the guy who’s on his way out.