Hal's Sunday column was the best-read piece of journalism in Northeast Ohio.

I read that piece and thought, 'I'm getting out of here,' ... I'm getting out of daily journalism because this is a level way above what I and everybody I know has been doing, and I want to try to do something like this. It's a very influential piece.

That was communities poaching businesses from each other to the detriment of northeast Ohio.

We are driven to win a title. We want to see that day when everyone celebrates because we finally brought a title home to Northeast Ohio. It's what we want, what LeBron wants, what all of us want.

a pleasantly sensible piece of journalism.

A column really works best when you really have something to say about something. I haven't had a great original thought on this.